[He privately smoothed out the curls, with labor and difficulty, and plastered his hair close down to his head; for he held curls to be effeminate, and his own filled his life with bitterness.]
(Ell s'aplanava els rulls d'amagat, amb treball i molesties, i s'encastava el cabell ben arran del cap, perque opinava que els rulls eren afeminats, i els seus li omplien la vida d'amargor.)