He had a feeling that another man, in his place, would accommodate himself to her tone; would ask her questions and joke with her, reply to those pleasantries of her own which sometimes seemed startling as addressed to an uncle.
baronesari galderak egingo zizkiokeela, eta txantxetan jardungo zuketela elkarrekin; erantzun egingo ziekeela baronesaren zirikadei, nahiz eta haietako batzuk osaba bati zuzentzeko egokiegiak ez zirela iruditu.