"My object then," replied Darcy, "was to show you, by every civility in my power, that I was not so mean as to resent the past; and I hoped to obtain your forgiveness, to lessen your ill opinion, by letting you see that your reproofs had been attended to.
"Nire esku zeuden gizalege mota guztiekin erakutsi behar nizun", esan zuen Darcyk, "ez nintzela iraganaren arrangurarik gordetzeko bezain ziztrina, horixe zen orduan nire helburua; eta zure ahakarrak aintzat hartu nituela erakutsiz, zure barkamena lortzea espero nuen, nitaz zenuen iritzi txarra biguntzea.