and the life of Odette at all other times, since he knew nothing of it, appeared to him upon a neutral and colourless background, like those sheets of sketches by Watteau upon which one sees, here and there, in every corner and in all directions, traced in three colours upon the buff paper, innumerable smiles.
eta, gainerako denbora guztian, Odettek zeramakeèn bizimodua, hartaz berak deus ez jakinki, Watteau-ren estudio-orri horietako baten antzekoa iruditzen zitzaion Swanni, hots, hondo neutro eta kolorge baten gainean, han-hemenka, nonahi eta noranahi ihaurri, orkatz-paperean hiru arkatzez marrazturiko ezin konta ahala irribarrezko multzoa.