I didnt like to suggest it, because of your
friends, she replied.
On the contrary,Sir, when the wind blows I can
never sleep at all. Well, Madame, I shall now bid you good-day. And under his bushy
brows his ironical eyeswere full of kindness. Really, Sir, you must not expect me to
do that.
Try not to have to regret allyour life not having
chosen the way that leads to virtue. It is they andthey only who have founded
religions and created great works of art. I had theimpression that it was not he who
was the cause of dissension in theGuermantes household.
I should think so, indeed, hes magnificent, you are
quite right toadmire him. Heavens, what fine language she putit all in! I said to
these persons, so headstrong in theirjudgment: Mme.
In vain might she answer us in the words of
Mme.
I said to these persons, so headstrong in
theirjudgment: Mme. I had theimpression that it was not he who was the cause of
dissension in theGuermantes household.
And she quoted, with deliberate application, this
sentencefrom her own special Marquise, Mme. In vain might she answer us in the words
of Mme. Besides, you have with you a very efficientperson whom I appoint as your
doctor from now onwards.
We made my grandmother swallowthis drug and then
replaced the thermometer in her mouth. The symptoms which you describe willvanish at
my bidding.
On the contrary,Sir, when the wind blows I can
never sleep at all.