if, when asking his servant what there would be for luncheon, it had been Odette's bill of fare that he had learned from the reply; if, when Odette wished to go for a walk, in the morning, along the Avenue du Bois-de-Boulogne, his duty as a good husband had obliged him, though he had no desire to go out, to accompany her, carrying her cloak when she was too warm; and in the evening, after dinner, if she wished to stay at home, and not to dress, if he had been forced to stay beside her, to do what she asked;
Ai, patuak onetsi izan balu Odettek eta biok egoitza bat eta bera izatea, haren etxean egotea berean egotearen kideko izan balitz, etxeko otseinari zein menu zegoen galdetuz gero Odetteren menu berbera erasiz eman izan baliezaio beronek ihardespena, Odettek goiz partean Boulogneko Basoko etorbidera promenatzera joan nahi izanez gero, bera, irteteko gogorik izan ez arren, senar onaren betebeharrak hura laguntzera behartu ahal baleza, haren berokia aldean eramanez hark beroarengatik erantzia lukeenean, eta halaber arratsean hark etxean arropa arinez gelditzea hobetsiz gero, ai beti haren aldamenean egon ahal baledi, egotera behartua ailitz, hark zer nahi huraxe egiteko prest;