"I was given the choice; to be sent to an island, where I could have got on with my pure science, or to be taken on to the Controllers' Council with the prospect of succeeding in due course to an actual Controllership.
Bietarik bat hautatzea heman zieutaaten: edo ugarte batera bidali, han neure zientzia soilari ekiten jarraikitzeko, edo Inspektoreen Kontseiluko egin, egunen batean Inspektore izateraino iristeko etorkizunez.