Hardly had my grandfather begun to question Swann about that orator when one of my grandmother's sisters, in whose ears the question echoed like a solemn but untimely silence which her natural politeness bade her interrupt, addressed the other with:
Aitonak Swanni oratore hari buruzko galdera egin orduko, amonaren ahizpetariko bat, zeinaren belarrietan nonbait galdera hark isiltasun sakon baina destenoretsu baten gisa durunditua baitzuen eta, beraz, hura hausteari gizalegezko iritzia baitzion, honela zuzendu zitzaion besteari: