Although she knew well that I was aware of a certain circumstance in her life of something which might one day cause her trouble, she would speak to me about her affairs (whenever she had need of me for a given end) as though I were a slave or a passing acquaintance-yet tell them me only in so far as one would need to know them if one were going to be made temporary use of.
orduan bera mintzatuko zait gorabehera horrexetaz, beharrezko banau bere xedeetarako, esklabo edo mandatari bat banintz bezalaxe;