I disguised the superscription in a feigned hand, and counterfeited tolerably, on the cover, the post mark of Dijon. I chose this town in a gay humour, as I wished for the same rites as the husband; I also wrote from the same place;
Hiri hori hautatu nuen, jostagarriagoa iruditzen zitzaidalako, senarraren eskubide berberak galdatzen nituenez gero, nik ere leku beretik izkiriatzea, bai halaber nire emakume eder hark Dijonetik gutunik hartu gogo zela egun osoan aipatua zuelako.