She told Marjolin one day that a speckless white camellia was a very rare and exceptionally lovely thing, and, as she was making him admire one, he exclaimed:
Kamelia eder zuri bat, herdoil orbanik gabea, guztiz gauza arraroa zela, gauza eder-ederra zela esaten zion Marjolini. Egun batean, kamelia bat miretsarazi zion, eta honela erantzun zion mutilak oihuka: