While Swann, by the painful and futile effort which he made to smile, testified that he thought the pun absurd, Forcheville had shewn at once that he could appreciate its subtlety, and that he was a man of the world, by keeping within its proper limits a mirth the spontaneity of which had charmed Mme.
Swannek, irribarre-keinua saiatzeko bere alferrikako ahalegin oinazetsuaren bitartez, garbi eman zuen aditzera erabat ergel zeritzola zirto hari, baina Forchevillek, berriz, aldi berean erakutsi zuen, alde batetik, estimatzen zuela haren finezia, eta, bestetik, bazekiela gizalegezko arauak errespetatzen, berehalaxe mugatu baitzuen bere barre-algararen berezkotasuna, Verdurin andrea zinez liluratu zuena, muga duin adinonetara.