And that condition is fulfilled so soon as-in the moment when she has failed to meet us-for the pleasure which we were on the point of enjoying in her charming company is abruptly substituted an anxious torturing desire, whose object is the creature herself, an irrational, absurd desire, which the laws of civilised society make it impossible to satisfy and difficult to assuage-the insensate, agonising desire to possess her.
Eta baldintza hori bete egiten da noiz-eta-haren hutsunea sumatzen dugun unean-izaki horrekin egoteak ematen zizkigùn plazeren bilaketari, tupustean, antsiazko premia bat nagusitzen zaionean gure baitan, helburutzat pertsona hori bera duena, premia absurdo bat, mundu honetako legeen arabera guztiz aseezin eta sendagaitza: izaki horretaz jabetzeko beharrizan zentzugabe eta oinazetsua.