Any one who had seen us leaving the house to go on the river in the charming little boat which I had bought would never have believed that the woman dressed in white, wearing a straw hat, and carrying on her arm a little silk pelisse to protect her against the damp of the river, was that Marguerite Gautier who, only four months ago, had been the talk of the town for the luxury and scandal of her existence.
Nik erosi nuen txalupa txiki polit batean ibilaldia egitera irteten ikusita, nork esan soineko zuriz jantzita, burua lastozko kapelaz estalita eta uretako hezetasunetik gordetzeko zetazko txamarra besoan zuela zebilena lau hilabete lehenago bere Iuxu eta eskandaluez bazterrak harrotzen zituen Margarita Gautier berbera zenik?