"He is tied hand and foot; there must certainly be a woman somewhere who insists on his going to her at all hours," made him feel that he was leading the life of the class of men whose existence is coloured by a love-affair, and in whom the perpetual sacrifice which they are making of their comfort and of their practical interests has engendered a spiritual charm.
"Ederki kutsatua zagok horratik, badik inondik ere emakumeren bat, bere etxera edozein ordu dela ere joatera behartzen duena", sentiarazten zion ezen berak ere beren existentzian amodiozko aferaren bat bizitzen ari diren gizonen bizimodua zeramala, halakoei beren atsedena eta zereginak grinazko amets bati sakrifikatu izanak sortzen dien barne-xarmaz hornitua.