En arrivant au château de Grianta, Fabrice, les yeux encore bien rouges des larmes répandues en quittant les beaux salons de sa tante, ne trouva que les caresses passionnées de sa mère et de ses sœurs.
On reaching the castle of Grianta, Fabrizio, his eyes still red with the tears that he had shed on leaving his aunt's fine rooms, found only the passionate caresses of his mother and sisters.