" Father Pirrone had more than once asked himself this question, and it was not an easy one to answer, particularly as he had taken little notice or interpreted as exaggeration what Don Fabrizio had told him one morning in the observatory nearly a year ago.
Aita Pirronek behin baino gehiagotan egina zion bere buruari galdera hori, eta erantzutea ez zen erraza izan, batez ere ez zuelako aintzat hartu edo gehiegikeriatzat hartu zuelako Don Fabriziok goiz batean behatokian, orduan ia urtebete, esan ziona.