So he and Mme. Verdurin (who, at the other side of the room, where the painter was telling her a story, was shutting her eyes preparatory to flinging her face into her hands) resembled two masks in a theatre, each representing Comedy, but in a different way.
Beraz, bai berak, bai Verdurin andreak, zeina une hartantxe, parez pare, istorioren bat kontatzen ari zitzaiòn margolariari adi, begiak ixten ari baitzen begitartea esku artean murgildu aurretixe, biek ala biek, antzerti-maskara bana ziruditen, zein bere erara bozkarioaren agergarri.