Don Pietro Russo had kept his promises and not a shot had been heard near Villa Salina i and though a whole service of Chinese porcelain had been stolen from the palace in Palermo, that was merely due to the idiocy of Paolo, who had had it packed into a couple of cases which he had then left out in the palace courtyard during the shellinga positive invitation for the packers themselves to cart it away.
Don Pietro Russok bete egin zuen bere hitza, eta Villa Salina ondoan ez zen tirokada bat bera ere aditu; eta Palermoko jauregian portzelana txinatarrezko zerbitzu handi bat lapurtu bazuten, Paoloren burugabekeriagatik bakarrik lapurtu zuten; izan ere, bi saskitan sartzeko agindu zuen, eta gero patioan utzi bonbardaketa bitartean: egiazko eta benetako gonbitea, saskian sartu zutenek berek harrapa zezaten.