Deux fois, malgré sa pauvreté, la comtesse vint passer quelques jours à Milan ; il s’agissait de voir un ballet sublime de Vigano, donné au théâtre de la Scala, et le marquis ne défendait point à sa femme d’accompagner sa belle-sœur.
On two occasions, in spite of her poverty, the Contessa went to spend a few days at Milan; she was anxious to see a sublime ballet by Vigano, given at the Scala, and the Marchese raised no objections to his wife's accompanying her sister-in-law.