"Nor do I intend to let the Baron off," I continued calmly, but with not a little discomfiture at De Griers' merriment. "And since you, General, have today been so good as to listen to the Baron's complaints, and to enter into his concerns-since you have made yourself a participator in the affair-I have the honour to inform you that, tomorrow morning at the latest, I shall, in my own name, demand of the said Baron a formal explanation as to the reasons which have led him to disregard the fact that the matter lies between him and myself alone, and to put a slight upon me by referring it to another person, as though I were unworthy to answer for my own conduct."
-Baina ez daukat asmorik baroia horrenbestez aske uzteko-jarraitu nuen nire odol hotz guztiarekin, batere nahaspilatu gabe monsieur Des Grieux-ren barrearekin-, eta nola zeuk, jenerala, gaur ontzat hartu duzun jeneralaren kexak entzutea eta hartan interesa jartzea, horrela zeu ere arazo guzti honetako parte bihurtuz, zuri adierazteko ohorea daukat ez dela bihar goizetik pasatuko, nik baroiari neure izenean azalpen formal bat exijitu gabe, ea zergatik arazoa nirekin izan eta nigana ez baizik besterengana jo duen, ni nire buruaren erantzukizuna hartzeko gai edo duin ez banintz bezala.