Toutes ses occupations lui semblaient sans plaisir, et, si l’on ose ainsi parler, sans saveur ; elle se disait que Napoléon, voulant s’attacher ses peuples d’Italie, prendrait Fabrice pour aide de camp.
All her occupations seemed to her to lack pleasure, and, if one may use the word, savour; she told herself that Napoleon, wishing to secure the attachment of his Italian peoples, would take Fabrizio as his aide-de-camp.