She'd have liked to see me bubbling and bursting with enthusiasm, whereas I couldn't see a single reason for adopting that sublime state of mind, in fact I could see a thousand, all equally irrefutable, for persevering in the exact opposite disposition.
Dena su, dena erlantz nahiko ninduen hark, eta nik, berriz, ez nuen batere konprenitzen zer zela-eta egongo ote nintzen hain aldarte sublimean; aitzitik, mila arrazoi ikusten nituen, ezin ukatuzkoak, justu guziz alderantzizko umorean egoteko.