Fabrice eût bien voulu pouvoir se persuader que Clélia le fuyait par suite de la disgrâce de son père, que la voix publique attribuait à la duchesse ; mais il connaissait trop une autre cause de cet éloignement, et rien ne pouvait le distraire de sa mélancolie.
Fabrizio would fain have been able to persuade himself that Clelia was shunning him in consequence of her father's disgrace, which current report put down to the Duchessa; but he knew only too well another cause for this aloofness, and nothing could distract him from his melancholy.