McCarron asked Tom how close a friend Dickie had been of Freddie Miles, whom else he knew who was a friend of both Dickie and Freddie, if he knew of any debts between them, any girl friends-'Only Marge that I know of,' Tom replied, and Marge protested that she wasn't a girl friend of Freddie's, so there couldn't possibly have been any rivalry over her-and could Tom say that he was Dickie's best friend in Europe?
Dickie eta Freddie Miles zenbateraino izan ziren lagun minak galdetu zion McCarronek, ea beste inor ezagutzen zuen nola Dickieren hala Freddieren laguna zena, ea berak zekiela bien artean zorrik bazen, neska-lagunik... -Marge bakarrik, nik dakidala-erantzun zuen Tomek, eta Margek protestatu egin zuen esanez bera ez zela Freddieren neska-laguna, beraz ezinezkoa zela beragatik lehiarik egotea. Orduan McCarronek galdetu zion Tomi ea esaterik bazeukan bera zela Dickieren adiskiderik onena Europan.