Tous ces gens-là n’avaient pas lu quatre volumes en leur vie ; ils faisaient ouvertement leurs préparatifs pour rentrer à Milan au bout des treize semaines, mais le temps, en s’écoulant, marquait de nouveaux succès pour la cause de la France.
Not one of these gentlemen had read as many as four volumes in his life; quite openly they were making their preparations to return to Milan at the end of the thirteen weeks; but time, as it went on, recorded fresh successes for the cause of France.