every evening, after a slight 'wave' imparted to his stiffly brushed red locks had tempered with a certain softness the ardour of his bold green eyes, he would select a flower for his buttonhole and set out to meet his mistress at the house of one or other of the women of his circle;
arratsero, bere ile gorri eskuila erara moztuei halako kardatze-ukitu leun bat erantsiz bere begi berdeen bizitasuna apur bat eztitu ondoren, lore bat hautatzen zuen bere botoi-zulorako eta hantxe abiatzen zen bere amorantearekin elkartzera, bere lagunarteko emakume bateneko zein bestereneko afaritara;