And so the simple and regular manifestations of a social organism, namely the 'little clan,' were transformed for Swann into a series of daily encounters with Odette, and enabled him to feign indifference to the prospect of seeing her, or even a desire not to see her; in doing which he incurred no very great risk since, even although he had written to her during the day, he would of necessity see her in the evening and accompany her home.
Hartara, "klan" txikiak eratzen zuèn gizarte-organismo xumearen funtzionamendu hutsak egunero Odette ikusi ahal izatea esan nahi zuen automatikoki Swannenentzat, eta ahalbideratzen zion hura ikusteaz axolagabe edo are hura gehiago ez ikusteko desiraz zegoelako itxurak egitea, arrisku handirik gabeko itxurak nolanahi ere, zeren, egunean barrena zernahi idatzi arren, segurantzia osoa baitzeukan arratsean berriro ikusiko zuela eta beraren etxeraino lagunduko.