– J’espère que ton frère ne se sera pas douté de ton arrivée, lui dit Mme Pietranera ; je ne lui parlais guère depuis sa belle équipée, ce dont son amour-propre me faisait l’honneur d’être fort piqué : ce soir à souper j’ai daigné lui adresser la parole ; j’avais besoin de trouver un prétexte pour cacher la joie folle qui pouvait lui donner des soupçons.
"I hope your brother won't have any suspicion of your being here," Signora Pietranera said to him; "I have scarcely spoken to him since that fine escapade of his, and his vanity has done me the honour of taking offence. This evening, at supper, I condescended to say a few words to him; I had to find some excuse to hide my frantic joy, which might have made him suspicious.