Après les premiers moments donnés à la politesse et aux commentaires sur le petit incident qui venait de se terminer, Clélia Conti remarqua la nuance d’enthousiasme avec laquelle une aussi belle dame que la comtesse parlait à Fabrice ; certainement elle n’était pas sa mère.
After the first few minutes had been devoted to an exchange of courtesies and to remarks on the little incident that had just occurred, Clelia Conti observed the note of enthusiasm with which so beautiful a lady as the Contessa spoke to Fabrizio; certainly, she was not his mother.