Clélia avait fait beaucoup de questions à don Cesare, sans pouvoir découvrir d’où provenaient les six cents sequins reçus par Fabrice ; dans tous les cas, c’était un signe excellent ; la sévérité diminuait.
Clelia had put many questions to Don Cesare without succeeding in discovering who had sent the six hundred francs which Fabrizio had received; in any case, it was an excellent sign; the severity was decreasing.