The voice, the accent, the mind of the questioner offended him and he allowed the offence to carry him towards wilful unkindness, bidding his mind think that the student's father would have done better had he sent his son to Belfast to study and have saved something on the train fare by so doing.
Galdetzailearen ahotsak, azentuak eta adimenak higuindu egin zuten eta higuina berariazko antipatia bihur zedin zilegiztatu zuen, bere buruari pentsatzen utziz ikaslearen aitak hobe zukeela semea Belfastera bidali izan balu ikastera, hala, behintzat, tren-bidaiaren dirutik zerbait aurreratuko zukeela.