As he climbed the three hundred and ninety steps to his prison in the Torre Farnese, beneath the eyes of the governor, Fabrizio, who had so greatly dreaded this moment, found that he had no time to think of his misfortunes.
Farnese dorreko bere ziegara zeramaten hirurehun eta laurogeita hamar mailak igotzen ari zela, gobernadorearen begipean, Fabrice konturatu zen ez zuela zorigaitzean pentsatzeko astirik, nahiz luzaroan egona zen une haren beldurrez.