She swore that she had not. "Still, the Maison d'Or reminds me of something or other which, I knew at the time, wasn't true," he pursued, hoping to frighten her. "Yes that I hadn't been there at all that evening when I told you I had just come from there, and you had been looking for me at Prévost's," she replied (judging by his manner that he knew) with a firmness that was based not so much upon cynicism as upon timidity, a fear of crossing Swann, which her own self-respect made her anxious to conceal, and a desire to shew him that she could be perfectly frank if she chose.
"Bai, ez nintzela hara joana, handik atera berria nintzela esan niàn arrats hartan, hi nire bila Prévost-enean ibili hintzenean" erantzun zion Odettek (Swannen aurpegierari erreparaturik, honek bazekielakoan), zinismoa baino askoz areago herabetasuna salatzen zuèn erabakimendu batez, Swann nahigabetzeko beldurra ere bai nahiz eta harrotasunez hura ezkutatzen saiatu-, baita, halaber, berak ere egia esaten bazekiela Swanni frogatzeko halako desio bat ere.