It struck me that if I had just scored a victory it was over her; that I had succeeded, as sickness or sorrow or age might have succeeded, in relaxing her will, in altering her judgment; that this evening opened a new era, must remain a black date in the calendar.
Iruditzen zitzaidan erdietsi berria nuèn gurenda hura amaren aurkakoa zela, lortua nuela bai, haren borondatea makaltzea, haren arrazoimena makurtzea, baina gaixotasunak, atsekabeek edo adinak lor zezaketèn bezalatsu, eta arrats hura aro berri baten hastapena zela bai, baina betiere data triste bat izan eta izango.