Le gouverneur Fabio Conti avait pâli de colère à la vue du général Fontana : il avait apporté de telles lenteurs à obéir à l’ordre du prince, que l’aide de camp, qui supposait que la duchesse allait occuper la place de maîtresse régnante, avait fini par se fâcher.
The governor Fabio Conti had turned white with rage at the sight of General Fontana: he had been so slow in obeying the Prince's orders that the Aide-de-Camp, who supposed that the Duchessa was going to occupy the position of reigning mistress, had ended by losing his temper.