I cannot speak but in rough earnest, and am totally unprovided of that facility which I observe in many of my acquaintance, of entertaining the first comers and keeping a whole company in breath, or taking up the ear of a prince with all sorts of discourse without wearying themselves:
Ongi dakidanaz baizik ez dakit mintzatzen, eta gabeturik naiz neure lagun askoren baitan dakusadan erraztasun horretaz: