On entering the citadel, the bribed musician flung himself at the feet of General Fabio Conti, and confessed to him that a priest, unknown to him, had so insisted upon his taking a letter addressed to Signor del Dongo that he had not dared to refuse;
Gotorlekura sartzean, musikari erosia Fabio Contiren aurrean belaunikatu, eta aitortu zion berak ezagutzen ez zuen apaiz batek behin eta berriz eskatu ziola arren eta arren helaraz ziezaiola gutun bat musde del Dongori, eta bera ez zela ausartu apaizari ezezkoa ematen;