he passed his hands two or three times across his brow, wiped his glasses with his handkerchief, and remembering that, after all, men who were as good as himself frequented the society of M. de Charlus, the Prince des Laumes and the rest, he persuaded himself that this meant, if not that they were incapable of shameful actions, at least that it was a necessity in human life, to which everyone must submit, to frequent the society of people who were, perhaps, not incapable of such actions.
bizpahiru aldiz igurtzi zuen bekokia eskuez, monokuloaren lenteak xukatu eta, pentsatuz ezen, dena den, hainbat pertsona baliotsuk zutenez gero ohiko tratua M. de Charlusekin, Laumesko printzearekin eta besteekin, horrek zera esan nahi zuela, ez beharbada haiek zitalkeriarako ezgai zirela, baina bai, gutxienez, denok men egin behar izaten diogun bizitzako ezinbeste bat dela zitalkeriarako beharbada ezgai ez diren jendeekin harreman usuak eduki beharra.