Dr. Cottard, who, having been summoned to attend a serious case in the country, had not seen the Verdurins for some days, and had been prevented from appearing at Chatou, said, on the evening after this dinner, as he sat down to table at their house:
Cottard doktoreak, kasu larri batengatik probintziara deitua izaki, Verdurintarrak ikusi gabe egunak eramaki eta Chatoura joan ezin izan zenak, halaxe esan zuen, afari haren biharamunean, Verdurintarren mahaira esertzerakoan: -Ez al dugu gaur Swann jauna ikusiko?