In vain did Conte Mosca, overcoming the cruel jealousy inspired in him by the assiduities of Conte Baldi, that handsome man, write to the Duchessa when he could not see her, and acquaint her with all the intelligence that he owed to the zeal of the future Barone Riva; the Duchessa would have needed (for strength to resist the atrocious rumours that were incessantly going about with regard to Fabrizio), to spend her life with a man of intelligence and heart such as Mosca;
Baldi konde eder haren galaikeriak sortzen zion jelosia krudela menderaturik, dukesari idazten zion Mosca kondeak, berarekin egon ezin zenean, eta hala jakinarazten zizkion Riva baroigaiaren ardura handiari zor zizkion albiste guztiak Sanseverina andreari; alferrik, ordea; Fabriceri buruz etengabe zebiltzan zurrumurru ikaragarriei aurre egin ahal izateko, egun osoan beharko zuen dukesak Mosca bezain gizon buruargi eta bihotz onekoaren lagunartea. Baldiren hutsalkeriak bizimodu lazgarria eskaintzen zion dukesari, eta bere pentsakizunen mendean uzten;