Un autre signe qui ne valait rien pour le comte, c’est qu’étant avec lui de la dernière franchise sur tout au monde, et pensant tout haut en sa présence, elle ne lui parlait jamais de Fabrice qu’après avoir songé à la tournure de sa phrase.
Another sign which boded no good to the Conte was that, while she would speak to him with the utmost frankness about everyone else, and would think aloud in his presence, she never mentioned Fabrizio to him without first carefully choosing her words.