"All I meant was that she hardly struck me as 'distinguished,'" he went on, isolating the epithet in the inverted commas of his tone, "and, after all, that is something of a compliment." "Wait a moment," said M. Verdurin, "now, this will surprise you; she writes quite delightfully.
Nik zera esan nahi nizun, soil-soilik, ez zitzaidala 'nabarmena' iruditzen-erantsi zuen, 'nabarmen' adjektiboa nabarmenaraziz-, eta hori, azken batean, goresmena duzu gehienbat!". "Ba, horra-M. Verdurinek ostera-, honek beharbada harritu egingo zaitu, baina zoragarri idazten du. Eta beronen iloba, berriz: