Through no fault of mine, I had been cast in the indispensable role of the "foul and loathsome villain," shame of the human race, whose presence has been recorded down through the centuries, who is as well known to everyone as God and the Devil, but who during his passage on this earth is so polymorphous and evasive as to elude everyone's grasp.
Nahi gabe, ezinbesteko "zerri zikin nazkagarriaren" papera hartu nuen, giza jendearen lotsagarria, menderik mende toki guzietan arrastoak utzitakoa, mundu guziak aditzera duena, Deabrua edo Jainkoaren gisan, eta halere beti aldakorra, hain ihesa, lurrean eta bizitzan dagoeino, ezin harrapatuzkoa alegia.