Quant à ma mère elle ne pensait qu’à tâcher d’obtenir de mon père qu’il consentît à parler à Swann non de sa femme mais de sa fille qu’il adorait et à cause de laquelle disait-on il avait fini par faire ce mariage. « →
As for my mother, her only thought was of managing to induce my father to consent to speak to Swann, not of his wife, but of his daughter, whom he worshipped, and for whose sake it was understood that he had ultimately made his unfortunate marriage.