I am as much out of countenance to be denied as I am to deny; and it so much troubles me to be troublesome to others that on occasion when duty compels me to try the good-will of any one in a thing that is doubtful and that will be chargeable to him, I do it very faintly, and very much against my will:
Begi samurrak ditut ezetz baten sostengatzeko, ezetz esateko bezala; eta hainbat pisatzen zait beste bati pisu egitea non, eginbeharrak bortxatzen nauenean norbaiten borondatearen entseiatzera hari kostatzen zaion zalantzazko gauza batean, ahulki eta gogoz kontra egiten baitut.