ever since his triumph in the world tournament, he considered himself the most important man in the world, and the awareness that he had beaten all these clever, intellectual, brilliant speakers and writers on their own ground, and above all the evident fact that he made more money than they did, transformed his original lack of self-confidence into a cold pride that for the most part he did not trouble to hide.
munduko txapelketan izandako garaitzaz geroztik, munduko pertsonaiarik garrantzitsuenatzat zeukan bere burua, eta intelektual zorrotz haiek guztiak, hizlari eta idazle distiratsuak den-denak, beren alorrean menderatu izanaren kontzientziak, eta, batez ere, haiek baino nabarmen diru gehiago irabazteak, hasierako ziurtasunik eza erakusgai erabiltzen zuen harrokeria hotz arrunta bihurtu zuten.