Where was it leading him! Like any man whose natural merits move him to take an aristocratic interest in his origins, Aschenbach habitually let the achievements and successes of his life remind him of his ancestors, for in imagination he could then feel sure of their approval, of their satisfaction, of the respect they could not have withheld.
"Toki ederrean sartu nauk!" Berezko merituek bere jatorriaz interes aristokratiko bat sorterazten dioten gizon orok bezala, bizitzak arrakastak eskaintzen zizkionean bere karreran, bere arbasoez oroitzeko ohitura zuen eta mentalki beraien onarpena, gogobetetasuna eta haiengandik merezi uste zuen errespetua ziurtatzekoa.