He knew quite well as a general truth, that human life is full of contrasts, but in the case of any one human being he imagined all that part of his or her life with which he was not familiar as being identical with the part with which he was. He imagined what was kept secret from him in the light of what was revealed.
Bazekien, jakina, egia orokor gisa, pertsonon bizitza kontrastez josia dagoela, baina, izaki bakoitzari dagokionez, Swannek uste zuen ezen, haren bizitzan, berak ezagutzen ez ziòn zatia erabat zela ezagutzen zionaren berdin-berdina.