My dear boy knows, and will give you to know, that though he come of humble parents, he come of parents that loved him as dear as the best could, and never thought it hardship on themselves to pinch a bit that he might write and cipher beautiful, and I've his books at home to show it!
Neure mutiko maiteak badaki, eta jakitera emango dizu, guraso apalengandik bazetorren ere, maite zuten gurasoak zirela, beren bizia baino maiteago zuten gurasoak, eta inoiz ez zitzaiela gogor iruditu apur bat estutu behar bazuten semeak ondo idatzi eta zenbatzen ikas zezan; etxean ditut bere liburuak horren erakusgarri!