He would gaze in admiration at the large eyes, the delicate features in which the imperfection of her skin might be surmised, the marvellous locks of hair that fell along her tired cheeks; and, adapting what he had already felt to be beautiful, on aesthetic grounds, to the idea of a living woman, he converted it into a series of physical merits which he congratulated himself on finding assembled in the person of one whom he might, ultimately, possess.
Miresten zituen haren begi handiak, haren begitarte urguri larmintz halere ez lar leunaren iragarlea, masail nekatuetan behera jausten zitzaizkiòn ile-adatsen kizkur jaukalak, eta, ordura arte estetikaren ikuspuntutik ederretsia zuèn oro emakume bizi baten ideiarekin uztartuz, dohain fisiko bihurtzen zuen edertasun hori, pozarren eta dohatsu ezaugarri haiek guztiak bateraturik zeudelako berak beregana zezakeèn benetako izaki batengan.