Fabrice lui raconta l’exacte vérité sur l’exil de son père ; la duchesse ne s’en était mêlée en aucune sorte, par la grande raison qu’elle n’avait pas cru un seul instant que l’idée du poison appartînt au général Conti ; elle avait toujours pensé que c’était un trait d’esprit de la faction Raversi, qui voulait chasser le comte Mosca.
Fabrizio told her the exact truth as to her father's banishment; the Duchessa had had no part in it whatsoever, for the simple reason that she had never for a single instant believed that the idea of poison had originated with General Conti; she had always thought that it was a little game on the part of the Raversi faction, who wished to drive Conte Mosca from Parma.