Le comte avait prié son neveu de lui mander avec exactitude ce qui se passait à la cour, et Fabrice, qui commençait à comprendre tout ce qu’il lui devait, s’était promis de remplir cette mission en honnête homme.
The Conte had requested his nephew to keep him exactly informed of all that went on at court, and Fabrizio, who was beginning to realise all that he owed to him, had promised himself that he would carry out this mission faithfully.