Taking into consideration that the people who came to him represented the flower of the inhabitants, and that there must also be some unconvinced among the hundreds of electors who had not dreamed of setting foot inside the palace, the Prince had calculated that Donnafugata's compact affirmative would be varied by about forty negative votes.
Gainera, kontuan hartuz gero beragana joandako pertsona haiek herriko gaina eta bikaina bakarrik zirela, eta komentzitu gabekoren bat egongo zela jauregira joatea inoiz amestu ez zutenen artean ere, Printzeak kalkulatu zuen hogeita hamar ezezko botu egongo zirela Donnafugatako aho-batezko baietz trinko hartan.