'Sadists' of Mlle. Vinteuil's sort are creatures so purely sentimental, so virtuous by nature, that even sensual pleasure appears to them as something bad, a privilege reserved for the wicked.
Vinteuil andereñoaren motako sadikoak, ordea, hain dira izaki guztiz sentimentalak, hain naturalki bertutetsuak, non zentzumenezko plazera berez iruditzen baitzaie txarkeria, gaiztoen pribilegioa.