Sa tante finissait par ces mots : « Cache par tous les moyens possibles la folie que tu as faite, et surtout ne conserve sur toi aucun papier imprimé ou écrit ; en Suisse tu seras environné des amis de Sainte-Marguerite 4.
His aunt ended her letter as follows: "Take every possible precaution to keep your mad escapade secret, and above all do not carry on you any printed or written document; in Switzerland you will be surrounded by the friends of Santa Margherita. [Footnote: Silvio Pellico has given this name a European notoriety: it is that of the street in Milan in which the police headquarters and prisons are situated.]