La duchesse, à son lever du soir, eut un moment de vive inquiétude : on ne trouvait plus Fabrice ; enfin, vers minuit, au spectacle de la cour, elle reçut une lettre de lui.
The Duchessa, when she rose in the evening, had a moment of keen anxiety: Fabrizio was not to be found; finally, towards midnight, during the performance at court, she received a letter from him.