'When I'M a Duchess,' she said to herself, (not in a very hopeful tone though), 'I won't have any pepper in my kitchen AT ALL. Soup does very well without-Maybe it's always pepper that makes people hot-tempered,' she went on, very much pleased at having found out a new kind of rule, 'and vinegar that makes them sour-and camomile that makes them bitter-and-and barley-sugar and such things that make children sweet-tempered.
"Ni Dukesa izatean", esan zuen berekiko (agian ez oso doinu itxaropentsuz), "nire sukaldean ez da piperbeltzik batere egongo. Zopa oso ondo gelditzen da horren beharrik gabe... Beharbada piperbeltza da beti jendea beroarazten duena", segitu zuen atsegin handiz, arau mota berri bat aurkitu izateagatik, "eta ozpina da garratz bihurtzen duena..., eta kamamila da mingots egiten duena... eta... eta azukrea eta horrelako gauzak dira haurrak goxo egiten dituztenak.