« Dans quelques heures, se dit-elle, je serai sur le champ de bataille ; il sera question d’agir, et s’il m’arrive quelque chose d’irritant, si le prince s’avise de m’adresser quelque mot relatif à Fabrice, je ne suis pas assurée de pouvoir garder tout mon sang-froid.
"In a few hours from now," she told herself, "I shall be on the field of battle; it will be a case for action, and if anything should occur to irritate me, if the Prince should take it into his head to say anything to me about Fabrizio, I am by no means certain that I can keep myself properly in control.