The ice once broken, every evening, when he had taken her home, he must follow her into the house; and often she would come out again in her dressing-gown, and escort him to his carriage, and would kiss him before the eyes of his coachman, saying:
Orain, arratsero, etxe-atariraino lagundu ostean, bertaratu beharra izaten zuen beti Swannek, eta, maiz, "negligé" janzkeraz irten ohi zen atzera Odette Swann kotxeraino laguntzera, eta gurdizainaren begien bistan muxu emanik esan ohi zion: