Her mother, by contrast, was extremely calm and slow, she had some kind of paralysis in her right leg, which was shorter than the other so that she had to wear a thick heel on her right shoe and could not walk except with a cane-the kind of person who would have driven Tom insane in New York with her slowness and her unvarying graciousness of manner, but now Tom was inspired to spend time with her in the deck-chair, talking to her and listening to her talk about her life in England and about Greece, when she had last seen Greece in 1926. He took her for a slow walk around the deck, she leaning on his arm and apologising constantly for the trouble she was giving him, but obviously she loved the attention.
Ama berriz, alderantziz, ikaragarri bare eta mantsoa zen, nolabaiteko paralisia zeukan eskuineko hankan, bestea baino laburragoa zuelarik, beraz takoi lodi bat eraman behar zuen eskuineko oinetakoan eta ezin zen ibili ez bazen bastoiaz.