La bourgeoisie et par suite le petit peuple conclurent, de ce qui se passait, qu’il était clair que le prince avait résolu de donner l’archevêché de Parme à Monsignore del Dongo.
The middle classes, and consequently the populace, concluded from what was happening that it was clear that the Prince had decided to confer the Archbishopric of Parma on Monsignor del Dongo.