And whereas the mere sight of her in the flesh, by perpetually reviving his misgivings as to the quality of her face, her figure, the whole of her beauty, used to cool the ardour of his love, those misgivings were swept away and that love confirmed now that he could re-erect his estimate of her on the sure foundations of his aesthetic principles; while the kiss, the bodily surrender which would have seemed natural and but moderately attractive, had they been granted him by a creature of somewhat withered flesh and sluggish blood, coming, as now they came, to crown his adoration of a masterpiece in a gallery, must, it seemed, prove as exquisite as they would be supernatural.
Eta, emakume hartaz edukia zuèn ikuspegi haragikoi hutsak, haren begitartearen, haren gorputzaren, haren edertasun osoaren bikaintasunari buruzko zalantzak etengabe berretzen zizkionak, amodioa ahuldua ziòn bezalaxe, halatsu izan ziren suntsituak zalantzok, eta amodioa berrindartua, noiz-eta, oinarritzat, estetika jakin baten datuei heldu zienean;