I feel that he 'poses.'" Mme. Verdurin's whole body stiffened, her eyes stared blankly as though she had suddenly been turned into a statue; a device by means of which she might be supposed not to have caught the sound of that unutterable word which seemed to imply that it was possible for people to 'pose' in her house, and, therefore, that there were people in the world who 'mattered more' than herself.
handiustea iruditzen zaidan. Verdurin andrea geldi-geldi geratu zen, eta aurpegiera zurrundu estatua bihurtua balitz bezala, itxura harekin aditzera eman nahian-edo ez zuela entzuna ere hitz jasanezin hura, "handiuste", zeren, norbait eurekin "handiustekerian" baldin bazebilen, norbait horrek bere burua "eurak baino gehiago"tzat zeukàn seinale izango baitzatekeen.