And I should have assumed that this father of Swann's had been a monster if my grandfather, whom I regarded as a better judge than myself, and whose word was my law and often led me in the long run to pardon offences which I should have been inclined to condemn, had not gone on to exclaim, "But, after all, he had a heart of gold."
Swann aita munstroa irudituko zitzaidakeen, baldin aitonak, berau epaile hobetzat baineukan eta beronen epaia niretzat jurisprudentzia-sortzaile baitzen kondenatzeko aiher nintzatekeèn hainbat akats errugabetzeko, ez balit beti ozenki esan izan: "Nola baina?