Fabrice doutait d’être aimé ; s’il eût eu quelque expérience de l’amour, il ne lui fût pas resté de doutes : mais jamais femme n’avait occupé son cœur ; il n’avait, du reste, aucun soupçon d’un secret qui l’eût mis au désespoir s’il l’eût connu ; il était grandement question du mariage de Clélia Conti avec le marquis Crescenzi, l’homme le plus riche de la cour.
Fabrizio was in doubt whether he was loved; if he had had any experience of love, he would have had no doubt left: but never had a woman occupied his heart; he had, moreover, no suspicion of a secret which would have plunged him in despair had he known it: there was a serious question of the marriage of Clelia Conti to the Marchese Crescenzi, the richest man at court.