it drew my attention to the constant anxiety that I had to 'shew off' before her, by reason of which I tried to persuade my mother to get for Françoise a waterproof coat and a hat with a blue feather, or, better still, to stop sending with me to the Champs-Elysées an attendant with whom I blushed to be seen (to all of which my mother replied that I was not fair to Françoise, that she was an excellent woman and devoted to us all) and also that sole, exclusive need to see Gilberte, the result of which was that, months in advance, I could think of nothing but how to find out at what date she would be leaving Paris and where she was going, feeling that the most attractive country in the world would be but a place of exile if she were not to be there, and asking only to be allowed to stay for ever in Paris, so long as I might see her in the Champs-Elysées;
eta, obeditzera behartua balitz ere, obeditu bai, baina nik neuk bera ikusten ez nuèn egunetan sentitzen nuèn etsipen berberarekin obedituko zukeela. Zeren-zioen nire baitako ordena berri horrek-jakin behar bainuen, honezkero, zer den maitasuna, Gilberte maite nuenez geroztik; eta ohartarazi ere egiten zidan zenbaterainoko ardura etengabea izan ohi nuen neure burua Gilberteren begien aurrean baliotsu agertzeko, eta nola saiatzen nintzen beti ama ere limurtzen Françoiseri kautxuzko kapusaia eta gandor-luma urdina eros ziezazkion, edo-are gehiago-berriro bidal ez nintzan Elisear Zelaietara lotsaz gorriarazten ninduèn neskame harekin (eskaera bat, zeinari amak irmoki erantzun ohi baitzion esanez bidegabekeria hutsa zatekeela hura Françoiserentzat, hain emakume jator gure familiari gorputz eta arima emana izaki), eta nola nire antsia bakarra Gilberte ikustea izan ohi zen, hain erabatekoa izan ere non, makina bat hilabete aurretik ere, hura oporretan Paristik noiz lekutuko eta nora joango zen jakin arteko onik ez bainuen izaten, herrialderik atseginena ere erbeste-atzerri iruditzen zitzaidala hura han egotekoa ez bazen, eta nola Parisen geldituko nintzatekeen betiko, gustura asko, hura ikusten jarraitu ahal izan nezan ber;