« Il faut cacher nos amours », dit la duchesse à son ami ; et elle laissa deviner au prince qu’elle n’était plus que fort médiocrement éprise du comte, homme d’ailleurs si estimable.
"We must keep our love secret," she told her admirer, and gave the Prince to understand that she was only very moderately attached to the Conte, who for that matter was so thoroughly deserving of esteem.