Moreover, the narrator, whose identity will be revealed in due course, would not have any claim to authority in an enterprise of this kind if chance had not made it possible for him to gather a considerable number of testimonies and if force of circumstance had not involved him in everything that he describes.
Gainerakoan, kontalariak, betiere bere momentua heltzerakoan ezagutuko dugunak, ezingo luke inola ere kontalari izena mereziko era honetako zereginean, baldin eta halabeharrak, hainbat aitorpen jasotzeko egoeran ez egoteaz gainera, gauzen indarrak kontatu nahi izan duenarekin nahastuta egotera bultzatu izan ez balu.