« Tout cela est fort beau et fort bien inventé, se dit Fabrice ; je dois une reconnaissance éternelle au comte et à la duchesse ; ils croiront peut-être que j’ai eu peur, mais je ne me sauverai point.
"All that is very fine and very well thought out," Fabrizio said to himself; "I owe an eternal debt of gratitude to the Conte and the Duchessa; they will think perhaps that I am afraid, but I shall not try to escape.