J’ai donc en mon pouvoir, se dit le vaniteux gouverneur, ce fameux Fabrice del Dongo, dont on dirait que depuis près d’un an la haute société de Parme a juré de s’occuper exclusivement !
"So I have in my power," thought the feather-pated governor, "that famous Fabrizio del Dongo, with whom anyone would say that for the last year the high society of Parma had taken a vow to occupy themselves exclusively!"