– Eh bien ! madame, reprit le comte en essayant un petit air de légèreté pour tenter de la distraire un peu, j’ai envie d’envoyer un commis de confiance à Bruno et d’ordonner à celui-ci de pousser jusqu’à Bologne ; c’est là, peut-être, qu’on aura enlevé notre jeune ami.
"Well, Signora," the Conte went on, assuming a somewhat lighter air in the hope of distracting her a little, "I have a good mind to send a confidential messenger to Bruno and to order him to push on as far as Bologna; it was from there, perhaps, that our young friend was carried off.