and there was constant coming and going between Villa Salina and a silversmith's for the mending of forks and spoons which, in some fit of controlled rage at table, he had coiled into a hoop, But those fingers could also stroke and handle with the most exquisite delicacy, as his wife Maria Stella knew only too well;
eta Salina jauretxetik zilargin baten lantegira etengabeko joan-etorria zegoen, bere suminari gogor egitearren, mahai aurrean zegoela, sarritan biribildu arte bihurritzen zituen tenedore-goilarak konpontzeko.