or, without that even, the thought of some information for which he had forgotten to ask Odette, such as if she had decided in what colour she would have her carriage repainted, or, with regard to some investment, whether they were 'ordinary' or 'preference' shares that she wished him to buy (for it was all very well to shew her that he could live without seeing her, but if, after that, the carriage had to be painted over again, if the shares produced no dividend, a fine lot of good he would have done),-and suddenly, like a stretched piece of elastic which is let go, or the air in a pneumatic machine which is ripped open, the idea of seeing her again, from the remote point in time to which it had been attached, sprang back into the field of the present and of immediate possibilities.
edo, hainbatean, aski izan zitekeen oreka hori hausteko, Swann Odetteri galdetzea ahaztua zitzaiòn xehetasun batez oroitzea, adibidez, ea erabakia ote zuen zein koloretan birmargotu nahi zuen zalgurdia, edo ea burtsako zein balore-mota nahi ote zukeen harpidetu, akzio arruntetatik ala hobarituetarik (izan ere, oso itxurosoa baitzen hura ikusi gabe ere bizi zitekeela erakustea, baina, itzulitakoan, oraindik margotze-lana eginkizun baldin bazegoen edo akzioek dibidendurik ematen ez bazuten, atarramentu eskasa bailitzateke), hots, horrelakoetan, Odette urruntasun haietatik berrekarri eta hura berrikusteko irrika, bat-batean laxatzen den goma tenkatu baten gisa edo doi bat irekitzen den makina pneumatikoaren modura, jauzi batez jabetzen zen ostera Swannen orainaldiaren eta ardura berehalakoen eremu osoaz.