During the war they had concealed it. Lately it had been fanned by dishonest friends and by life in the city, which so easily breeds quarrels. They were constant rivals, comparing their respective popularity, the number of their retinue, the size of the crowds that came to wait upon them.
Zezinak eta Valentek aginte zereginak zeramatzaten, aspaldiko gorrotoek astindurik, zeintzuk, gerrak eta kanpamenduak gaizki disimulaturik, adiskideen txarkeriak eta etsaigo-sortzaile ugaria den Hiriak areagotu baitzituen, omen, segizio eta kliente aldra itzeletan lehiatzen eta konparatuak diren bitartean, Viteliok behin haren behin honen aldeko joerak txandatuz.