Le général aide de camp fit son demi-tour comme un soldat à la parade ; le prince sourit encore : « Fontana n’est pas accoutumé, se dit-il, à voir attendre cette fière duchesse : la figure étonnée avec laquelle il va lui parler du petit quart d’heure d’attente préparera le passage aux larmes touchantes que ce cabinet va voir répandre. »
The General Aide-de-Camp made his half-turn, like a soldier on parade; the Prince was still smiling: "Fontana is not accustomed," he said to himself, "to see that proud Duchessa kept waiting. The face of astonishment with which he is going to tell her about the quarter of an hour to wait will pave the way for the touching tears which this cabinet is going to see her shed."