'I assure you, Mrs. Powler,' he then said, much exhausted, 'that the father's manner prepared me for a grim and stony maturity.
"Benetan diotsut, Mrs. Powler" esan zuen azkenik, biziki ahiturik, "aitaren jarrerak prestatu ninduela emakume heldu, larderiatsu eta zurrun batekin topo egiteko.