he entertained the company; he made cracks about Doctor Havel being like death; he concocted paradoxes about the misfortune of a happy marriage (as if I wasn't hearing it for the fiftieth time!); he took pains to lead Flajsman by the nose (as if it required any brilliance to do that!).
Jo ta ke egin du kalakatu, han geundenok jostarazi, ateraldiak esan, Havel medikua heriotza bezalakoa da, zoritxarrean ezkondua izateari buruzko paradoxak asmatu (jada berrogeitamar aldiz entzun ez banitu bezala!), Flaixmani adarra jotzen saiatu (horretarako burutsua izatea beharrezkoa balitz bezala!).