Grâce aux nombreux amis de la marquise Raversi, le prince ainsi que toute la ville de Parme croyait que Fabrice s’était fait aider par vingt ou trente paysans pour assommer un mauvais comédien qui avait l’insolence de lui disputer la petite Marietta.
Thanks to the many friends of the Marchesa Raversi, the Prince, as well as the whole city of Parma, believed that Fabrizio had procured the assistance of twenty or thirty peasants to overpower a bad actor who had had the insolence to challenge him for the favours of little Marietta.