Le but de la duchesse, que toutefois elle ne s’avouait pas, était de presser le mariage du marquis Crescenzi : Fabrice, de son côté, fit la route dans des transports de bonheur fous, et qui semblèrent ridicules à sa tante.
The Duchessa's object, which however she did not admit to herself, was to hasten the Marchese Crescenzi's marriage; Fabrizio, for his part, spent the journey in wild transports of joy, which seemed to his aunt absurd.