Cette petite guerre dura bien huit jours, mais Fabrice trouvait que, malgré ses démarches de tout genre, il ne faisait pas de progrès réels ; la Fausta refusait de le recevoir.
This little war lasted for quite a week; but Fabrizio found that, in spite of the steps he was taking in every direction, he was making no real progress; Fausta refused to see him.