Le geôlier Grillo en avait conclu que le gouverneur n’était pas d’accord avec les gens qui avaient chargé Barbone d’empoisonner le jeune Monsignore, et il en était fort aise, ainsi que tous ses camarades, car un proverbe s’était établi dans la prison : il suffit de regarder en face monsignore del Dongo pour qu’il vous donne de l’argent.
The gaoler Grillo had concluded from this that the governor was not acting in concert with the people who had ordered Barbone to poison the young Monsignore, and was greatly relieved, as were all his fellows, for it had become a proverb in the prison that "you had only to look Monsignor del Dongo in the face for him to give you money."