and my imagination so far differentiated Gilberte's father from the rest of humanity, his presence in the midst of a crowd of real people introduced among them so miraculous an element, that even before we reached the Madeleine I would be trembling with emotion at the thought that I was approaching a street from which that supernatural apparition might at any moment burst upon me unawares.
eta nire irudimenak hain osin sakonez bereizia zuen Gilberteren aita gainerako gizateria osoarengandik, mundu errealean haren presentziak txertatzen zuèn miragarritasuna hainbesterainokoa zen niretzat non, Madeleinera iritsi aurretik ere, egonezinak hartzen baininduen mendean, pentsatu eta beste gabe ezen hurbiltzen ari nintzela agerkunde naturaz gaindiko hura noiznahi ustekabean gerta zitekeèn karrika batera.