La duchesse ne revenait pas de son étonnement, elle ne l’eût pas reconnu à le voir passer dans la rue ; elle le trouvait ce qu’il était en effet, l’un des plus jolis hommes de l’Italie ; il avait surtout une physionomie charmante.
The Duchessa could not get over her astonishment; she would not have known him had she seen him go by in the street; she discovered him to be, what as a matter of fact he was, one of the best-looking men in Italy; his physiognomy in particular was charming.