– J’avais ce projet depuis longtemps, répondit la duchesse, et une petite insulte que l’on fait à Monsignore del Dongo que demain l’on va condamner à mort ou aux galères, me fait hâter mon départ.
"I have long had the plan in my mind," replied the Duchessa, "and a little insult which has been offered to Monsignor del Dongo, whom to-morrow they are going to sentence to death or to the galleys, makes me hasten my departure."