L’esprit de la comtesse ayant un bouclier contre l’éclat de rire de l’entrée, elle ne fut attentive qu’aux nouvelles de France que Mosca avait toujours à lui donner en particulier, en arrivant dans la loge ; sans doute il inventait.
The Contessa's mind having this protection against the impulse to laugh on his entry, she paid attention only to the news from France which Mosca always had for her in detail, on coming to her box; no doubt he used to invent it.