Every time I opened it before going to a ball or to the theatre, I used to feel that I must be beautiful, because I was so happy; and I never touched it except to lay some gracious memory in it:
Dantzaldirat edo ikusgarrietarat joan aitzin hartu dudan aldioro, eder sentitzen nintzen, zoriontsua nintzelakotz, eta bere hartan pentsamendu grazios zenbaiten uzteko baizik ez nuen ukitzen;