Le comte, de nouveau piqué, se mit à lui crier qu’il avait longtemps fréquenté la salle d’armes du fameux Battistin à Naples, et qu’il allait châtier son insolence ; la colère du comte M*** ayant enfin reparu, il se battit avec assez de fermeté, ce qui n’empêcha point Fabrice de lui donner un fort beau coup d’épée dans la poitrine, qui le retint au lit plusieurs mois.
The Conte, once more stung to action, began to shout to him that he had for years frequented the fencing-school of the famous Battistini at Naples, and that he was going to punish his insolence. Conte M----'s anger having at length reappeared, he fought with a certain determination, which did not however prevent Fabrizio from giving him a very pretty thrust in the chest with his sword, which kept him in bed for several months.