And when he was tempted to regret that, for months past, he had done nothing but visit Odette, he would assure himself that he was not unreasonable in giving up much of his time to the study of an inestimably precious work of art, cast for once in a new, a different, an especially charming metal, in an unmatched exemplar which he would contemplate at one moment with the humble, spiritual, disinterested mind of an artist, at another with the pride, the selfishness, the sensual thrill of a collector.
eta hori, gainera, alde batera utzirik zeraren aurre-irudipena, haragi maskal batek emanak izanez gero natural bezain hutsal zirudiketèn amodiozko ekintza eta edukitza, museoko pieza baten gurtzapena koroatzera etorriak izaki, ordea, guztiz naturaz gaindiko eta benetan ezin gozoago izan behar zutela nahitaez.