En montant les trois cent quatre-vingt-dix marches de sa prison à la tour Farnèse, sous les yeux du gouverneur, Fabrice, qui avait tant redouté ce moment, trouva qu’il n’avait pas le temps de songer au malheur.
As he climbed the three hundred and ninety steps to his prison in the Torre Farnese, beneath the eyes of the governor, Fabrizio, who had so greatly dreaded this moment, found that he had no time to think of his misfortunes.