Ludovic répondit froidement à cet honnête chirurgien que, s’il s’avisait de céder aux inspirations de sa conscience, il aurait l’honneur, avant de quitter Ferrare, de tomber sur lui précisément avec un couteau ouvert à la main.
Lodovico replied coldly to this honest surgeon that, if he should decide to yield to the inspirations of his conscience, he, Lodovico, would have the honour, before leaving Ferrara, of falling upon him in precisely the same way, with an open knife in his hand.