Indeed, had not there been constantly recurring to his mind the insistent question, "What will my children say?" he might not have plunged into the affair so deeply.
Hain da hunkigarria gai hori! Beharbada, beste batek ez zuen eskua hain barrura sartuko, baldin eta zergatik jakin gabe Txitxikovi burura berez etortzen zitzaion galdera bat tartean izan ez balitz: