"He told us how one evening, during dinner at Donnafugata, he had allowed himself to invent a story and tell it to you i a tale of war connected with the fighting around Palermoi and how you believed it and were offended because the story was rather outspoken for the customs of fifty years ago.
Bada, han kontatu zigun nola gau batean, Donnafugatan eginiko afari batean, gezur bat asmatu eta berorri kontatzeko ausardia izan zuen, gerraren inguruko asmakeria bat, Palermoko borrokaldiei buruzkoa, tartean neroni ere naliastuz; bai eta nola berori sinestu eta mindu ere egin zen, kontatutako pasadizoa ausart samarra zelako, duela berrogeita hamar urteko iritziaren arabera.