Deux heures plus tard il eut un espion à ses trousses, à cause du titre d’Excellence que son compagnon lui avait donné devant les pauvres de Saint-Pétrone, quoique son passeport ne portât aucun des titres qui donnent à un homme le droit de se faire appeler excellence par ses domestiques.
A couple of hours later he had a spy on his heels, on account of the title of Eccellenza which his companion had given him in front of the beggars of San Petronio, although his passport bore none of the titles which give a man the right to make his servants address him as Excellency.