He told himself that, in choosing the thought of Odette as the inspiration of his dreams of ideal happiness, he was not, as he had until then supposed, falling back, merely, upon an expedient of doubtful and certainly inadequate value, since she contained in herself what satisfied the utmost refinement of his taste in art.
Bere buruari ziotsan ezen, Odetteren gomuta bere zoriontasun-ametsekin lotzerakoan, ez zitzaiola berez, ordura arte uste izana zuèn bezala, ezein endekamendu kaxkarri amore ematen ari, zeren gomuta hark bere arte-apetarik mokofinenak ere asetzen baitzizkion.