But when I thought to myself what must actually have been the rude greeting (which, she made out, had been so charming), I, who knew my father's coldness and reserve, was shocked, as though at some indelicacy on his part, at the contrast between the excessive recognition bestowed on it and his never adequate geniality.
Baina irudikatu nahian, nik oso ongi ezagutzen bainuen aitaren uzkurtasun hotza, zer-nolakoa izana ote zitekeen haren abegi zakarra, emakume honek ordea bikaintzat hartua zuena, desgogara sentitu nintzen, aitak oieskeriaren bat egin ote zuen-edo, inondik ere ez baitzetozen bat hemen aitortzen ari zitzaiòn adeitasun oparo hura eta nik ondo baino hobeto ezagutzen nuèn haren benetako gozakaiztasun nabaria.