En entrant à la citadelle, le musicien gagné se jeta aux genoux du général Fabio Conti, et lui avoua qu’un prêtre, à lui inconnu, avait tellement insisté pour le charger d’une lettre adressée au sieur del Dongo, qu’il n’avait osé refuser ; mais, fidèle à son devoir, il se hâtait de la remettre entre les mains de Son Excellence.
On entering the citadel, the bribed musician flung himself at the feet of General Fabio Conti, and confessed to him that a priest, unknown to him, had so insisted upon his taking a letter addressed to Signor del Dongo that he had not dared to refuse; but, faithful to his duty, he was hastening to place it in His Excellency's hands.