Of course the word "snob" was unknown in the Sicily of 18 6o ; but just as tuberculosis existed before Koch, so in that remote era there were people for whom to obey, imitate, and above all avoid distressing those whom they considered of higher social rank than themselves, was the supreme law of life.
Zer esanik ez, Sizilian "esnob" hitza ez zen ezaguna 1860an, baina hala nola Koch baino lehenago ere tuberkulosoak bazeuden, halatsu bazegoen garai ezin urrunago hartan jende bat zeinentzat bizitzako goilege baita beraiek baino gizarte-maila goragokotzat jotzen dituztenei obeditzea, haien antzera jokatzea eta, batez ere, inolako buruhausterik ez ematea;