And having persuaded himself that it was solely, after all, in order that he might arrive at a favourable estimate of Odette's spiritual worth that he wished her to stay at home with him that evening instead of going to the Opéra-Comique, he adopted the same line of reasoning with her, with the same degree of insincerity as he had used with himself, or even with a degree more, for in her case he was yielding also to the desire to capture her by her own self-esteem.
Eta bere buruari sinetsaraziz ezen zinez Odetteren balio espiritualari buruz aburu faboragarriago bat eratzearren nahi zuela hura arrats hartan berarekin gelditzea Opéra-Comiquera joan ordez, arrazoibide hori bera jakinarazten zion Odetteri, bere buruari bezain ez-zintzoki, edo are ez-zintzokiago, zeren amodio propioz ari baitzitzaion Odetteri amore emanarazi nahian..