Fabrice fut au désespoir ; il conclut de cette absence que, malgré certains regards qui lui avaient fait concevoir de folles espérances, jamais il n’avait inspiré à Clélia d’autres sentiments que ceux d’une simple amitié.
Fabrizio was in despair; he concluded from this absence that, despite certain glances which had made him conceive wild hopes, he had never inspired in Clelia any sentiments other than those of a simple friendship.