La duchesse n’hésita pas un instant ; le prince l’ennuyait, et le comte lui semblait parfaitement aimable ; il n’y avait au monde qu’un homme qu’on pût lui préférer.
The Duchessa did not hesitate for an instant; the Prince bored her, and the Conte seemed to her perfectly suitable; there was only one man in the world who could be preferred to him.