a slight indisposition had served him a good while as an excuse for staying at home, and declining to go to places where he knew very well that Madam de Cleves would not be.
Erialdi arin bat aitzakiatzat baliatu zuen etxean geratzeko, eta, bidenabar, Clevesko anderea agertuko ez zela ongi zekien leku guztietara ez joateko.