Une chose frappa la duchesse et augmenta encore l’opinion romanesque qu’elle s’était formée de son neveu ; il refusa absolument de mener la vie de café dans une des grandes villes d’Italie.
One thing struck the Duchessa, and still further increased the romantic opinion that she had formed of her nephew; he refused absolutely to lead a cajffè-haunting existence in one of the big towns of Italy.