Don't you know that you yourself were taught that officers are to be saluted only when met, and that doesn't mean that a soldier has got to gyrate like a top just to keep track of some ensign driving across a square.
Ahaztu duzu ikasitakoa, alegia, goragoko graduaziokoekin topo egitean beraiei agur egin beharrak ez duela esan nahi soldadu batek jira-bira egin behar duela ziba baten gisa, plaza zeharkatzen ari den alferez jauna aurkitzeko.