Nay, she had even witnessed in the home circle deeds of violence caused by intemperance and had seen her own father, a prey to the fumes of intoxication, forget himself completely for if there was one thing of all things that Gerty knew it was that the man who lifts his hand to a woman save in the way of kindness, deserves to be branded as the lowest of the low.
Are gehiago, ikusiak zituen berak etxekoen eta ingurukoen artean neurrigabekeriaren ondoriozko bortizkeriazko egintzak, eta are aita, gehiegi edanaren ondorioz bere onetik aterata, zeren baldin bazen gauza bat Gertyk ondo zekiena zera zen, hain zuzen ere, emakume bati eskua altxatzen dionak, ez bada adeitasuna erakusteko, merezi duela zitaletan zitalentzat hartua izatea.