In a word, the life which they led at the Verdurins', which he had so often described as 'genuine,' seemed to him now the worst possible form of life, and their 'little nucleus' the most degraded class of society.
Hitz batean, Verdurintarreneko bizimodua, berak hain sarri "zinezko bizimodua" deitua izan zuena, denik eta okerrena iruditzen zitzaion orain, eta hango girotxoa zitekeenik eta girorik mespretxagarriena.