And it was perhaps on this account, and so as not to demand the monopoly of her favours, that he sacrificed the pleasure (not so essential to his well-being) of seeing her earlier in the evening, of arriving with her at the Verdurins', to the exercise of this other privilege, for which she was grateful, of their leaving together; a privilege which he valued all the more because, thanks to it, he had the feeling that no one else would see her, no one would thrust himself between them, no one could prevent him from remaining with her in spirit, after he had left her for the night.
Eta agian horrexegatik, harengandik onura guztiak batera ez eskatzearren, sakrifikatzen zuen Swannek Odette goizago ikustearen plazera, biak elkarrekin Verdurintarrenera azaltzearena-hori horren premiazkoa ere ez izaki berarentzat-, Odettek zilegitzen ziòn eta Swannek askoz ere gehiago estimatzen zuèn beste eskubide honen faboretan: elkarrekin erretiratzea, etxeraino laguntzea;