Coming to the top of the staircase, up which he had been followed by a servant with a pallid countenance and a small pigtail clubbed at the back of his head, like one of Goya's sacristans or a tabellion in an old play, Swann passed by an office in which the lackeys, seated like notaries before their massive registers, rose solemnly to their feet and inscribed his name.
Ezkaratz txiki bat zeharkatu zuen jarraian, zeinaren sarreran-hala nola gertatzen den zenbait etxejabek arte-obra jakin bakar baterako ez bestetarako apailatzen dituzten gelekin, obra horren izenaz izendatzen eta, hala nahita noski, beste edozertaz erabat biluzturik atxikitzen dituztelarik-, Benvenuto Celliniren jagole zelatariaren harako irudi ederraren gisa, otsein gazte bat baitzegoen zutik, bere gorputza apur bat aitzinerantz makurturik, bere lepagora-xingola gorriaren gainean bere begitarte are gorriagoa erakutsiz, begiei suzko uhar herabe bezain arretatsuak zerizkiela;