I did this very gently, however, because, though the civilest, nay, the blandest and most reverential of men in the morning, yet in the afternoon he was disposed, upon provocation, to be slightly rash with his tongue, in fact, insolent.
Goxotasun handiz, hala ere, zeren, goizez gizonik gizatsuena ezezik otzanen eta begiratuena izanik ere, arratsaldean, joera baitzuen, akuilatuz gero, mingaina arintxo dantzatzeko... lotsagabetu egiten zela, alegia.