Nous nous sommes séparés, disait le comte à la nouvelle comtesse Mosca della Rovere, les meilleurs amis du monde ; il m’a donné un grand cordon espagnol, et des diamants qui valent bien le grand cordon.
We parted," said the Conte to the new Contessa Mosca della Rovere, "the best friends in the world; he gave me a Spanish Grand Cordon, and diamonds which are worth quite as much as the Grand Cordon.