He had, indeed, one of those advantages which men who have lived and moved in the world enjoy over others, even men of intelligence and refinement, who have never gone into society, namely that they no longer see it transfigured by the longing or repulsion with which it fills the imagination, but regard it as quite unimportant.
Swannek, izan ere, mundu horretara inoiz inguratu ez den beste edozein pertsonaren aldean-denik eta argien eta bizkorrena izanda ere-, bai baitzuen bertan apur bat bederen bizi izan direnen abantaila hori, alegia, mundu horrek irudimenari deragion erakarpen nahiz arbuiapenagatik mundu hori ez antzaldatzearena, batere garrantzi gabekotzat kontsideratzearena.