"You understand, I'm urging you to do this not because I subscribe to old-fashioned ideas about the need to pay one's respects to the authorities, but simply because the governor's a decent chap;
Ulertuko duzunez, ez dizut aholku hori ematen agintarien aurrean burua makurtzera joatea ezinbestekotzat daukan uste zaharra ontzat ematen dudalako, baizik eta, besterik gabe, gobernadorea gizon zintzoa delako;