Madam de Mercoeur asked him if he was ill, but he looked upon Madam de Cleves without being perceived by anybody else, and made her sensible by his looks that he had no other illness besides despair:
Mercoeurko andereak gaizkiturik al zegoen galdegin zion, baina hark Clevesko andereari behatu zion, inor horretaz ohartu gabe, eta begikeran erakutsi zion etsipena zela haren oinaze bakarra.