the twelve-year-old boy had then been taken in by the local parson out of pity. The good reverend coached him at home, doing his level best to make up for what the lumpish, taciturn, broad-browed boy was unable to learn at the village school.
artean hamabi urteko mutikoa izaki, leku aldendu hartako erretoreak jaso zuen errukiz, aitaren heriotzaren ondoren; apaiz on hark bere ahalegin guztia egiten zuen, mutiko nagi, motel eta soraioak etxean ikas zezan herriko eskolan ikasteko gai izan ez zen guztia.