A childish excitement made him depart from
hisaristocratic phlegm.
To turn back to the Verdurins party, when the host
and hostess wereby themselves, M. Another occasionwas at la Raspelière, when M. I
succeeded inestablishing them only a little later when I had guessed what was inher
mind. All I know is that itcertainly drew a smile from Mme.
Vinteuils friend told you that she did not know me.
When I lie to you, it is always out of affection for you. You see it is not a
seriousmatter, theres nothing broken.
Vinteuil and her friend, so that I was quite calm.
She was crimson with shame for him whom the Verdurinsdared to treat in this
fashion.
But I had not given the matter enough thought. For
all these reasons, I should bedistressed were this evenings rupture to prove final.
To think that I should have had to wait untilmy age before being compared to
Aspasia!
Albertine gazed at me fixedly with a tormentedair,
seeking to read in my eyes how much I knew. What we might do is to tell him that the
money has been left to him byPrincess Sherbatoff.
Another occasionwas at la Raspelière, when
M.
He is with Saniette: he has been speculating to put
himselfstraight and has gone smash.
Albertine gazed at me fixedly with a tormentedair,
seeking to read in my eyes how much I knew.
Morel, who had watched from the distancethe
preparations for his presentation, now approached. After having thought for a moment
about theVerdurins, M.
Whatever happened, I didnot wish to appear
surprised. It had nothing to do with me oranybody else, I was simply dreaming aloud.
And so he asked theArchangel Raphael to bring him to him, as he had brought the
youngTobias.
An _expression_ of this sort is generally a
survivalfrom an earlier condition of the family.
It had been all very well for Albertine to tellme
that her relations with Mlle.