And then, as she belonged to that witty 'Guermantes set'-in which there survived something of the alert mentality, stripped of all commonplace phrases and conventional sentiments, which dated from Mérimée, and found its final expression in the plays of Meilhac and Halévy-she adapted its formula so as to suit even her social engagements, transposed it into the courtesy which was always struggling to be positive and precise, to approximate itself to the plain truth.
Ondoren, bera ere Guermantestarren izpirituaren partaide izaki, non bizirik zirauen gogo erne, topikoez eta sentimendu konbentzionalez erantziaren zati batek bederen, zeina Mérimée-rengandik baitator eta zeinaren azken adierazpena Meilhac eta Halévy-ren antzerkian mamitu baita, Laumesko printzesak izpiritu hori gizarte-harremanetara ere egokiarazten zuen, bere adeitasunari berari ere txertatzen zion, berau positiboa, zehatza, egia apaletik hurbila izan zedin saiatuz.