She would plead that she was obliged to wait for an answer which was of the very greatest importance, and if, even after she had made Swann come to her house, any of her friends asked her, half-way through the evening, to join them at some theatre, or at supper afterwards, she would jump for joy and dress herself with all speed.
Argudiatu ohi zuen, gehienetan, garrantzi goreneko erantzun baten zain egon beharra zeukala, eta are, zenbaitetan, Swann etorrarazi ondoren ere, baldin lagunek, arrats apal jadanik beranduan, eskatzen bazioten joan zedila, arren, berekin antzerki nahiz afariren batean elkartzera, poz-triska bat egin eta tarrapata bizian jantzi ohi zen kalerako berehala Odette.