Bientôt un officier allemand entra dans sa chambre : on se servait pour lui répondre d’une langue qu’il n’entendait pas ; mais il vit bien qu’on parlait de lui ; il feignit de dormir.
Presently a German officer came into his room: in answering his questions they used a language which Fabrizio did not understand, but he could see that they were speaking about him; he pretended to be asleep.