and when the gallant young Oxonian (the bearer, by the way, of one of the most timehonoured names in Albion's history) placed on the finger of his blushing fiancée an expensive engagement ring with emeralds set in the form of a fourleaved shamrock the excitement knew no bounds.
eta Oxfordeko gazte alaiak (Albionen historiako izenik ederrenetako baten eroalea, bidenabar) bere fiancee lotsatuaren behatzean paratu zuenean hitz-emate eraztun garesti bat, lau hostoko hirusta-eitekoa, aztoramenak ez zuen mugarik izan.