As for M. Verdurin, he was unsparing of his merriment, having recently discovered a way of expressing it by a symbol, different from his wife's, but equally simple and obvious.
Verdurin jaunak ere ez zuen batere ezkutatu bere bozkarioa, asmatu berria baitzuen berori adierazteko sinbolo bat, bere emazteak erabiltzen zuenaz bestelakoa, baina berau bezain bakun eta argia.