Were we wise, we ought to rejoice and boast, as I one day heard a young gentleman of a good family very innocently do, that his mother had lost her cause, as if it had been a cough, a fever, or something very troublesome to keep.
Aski zuhurrak bagina, poztu eta arrandiatu beharko genuke, nik behin batez etxe handiko seme bati hagitz xaloki egiten zuela aditzen nion bezala bere amak galdu berri zuela bere auzia: bere eztula, bere sukarra edo zaintzeko gaizto den beste zerbait balitz bezala.