Fabrice ne put retenir sa curiosité ; et, malgré le conseil de ne point parler, à lui donné par son amie la geôlière, il arrangea une petite phrase bien française, bien correcte, et dit à son voisin :
Fabrizio could not contain his curiosity; and, in spite of the warning not to speak, given him by his friend the gaoler's wife, he composed a short sentence in good French, quite correct, and said to his neighbour: