Proust described the flowers on the water as shimmering like a kaleidoscope, with the sunset coloring the water red, and changing constantly. The feeling was one of being in harmony with time and the cosmos.
「水在浮生的花朵下像萬花筒一般閃爍其樂融融、多變的光芒；黃昏，水面充滿了夕陽的紅暈，變幻無窮，同時又在花朵的周圍，與更神秘、更飄忽不定的時間、宇宙取得和諧，讓一切都化作了滿天的彩霞。」