Don Fabrizio, exhilarated by the verbal caress, and forewarned by Tumeo's revelations that his offer would never be put to the proof, said that he would give himself the pleasure of calling upon the Signora Sedira at once, a suggestion which dismayed Don Calogero and made him, in order to reject it, think up a second indisposition of his spouse's, this time a violent headache which forced the poor woman to remain in the dark.
Hitzezko laztanarekin poz-pozik, Don Fabriziok, Tumeok esan zionaren ondoren oso ondo zekienez bere kortesiak ez ziola inolako buruhausterik ekarriko, atseginez adierazi zuen bera joango zela berehala Sedàra andrea ikustera, bai eta proposamen horrekin don Calogero ikaratu ere; beronek, Printzea atzera botatzearren, beste gaixotasun bat gaineratu behar izan zion emazteari, buruko min handia oraingoan, andre gaixo hura ilunpetan egotera behartzen zuena.