The Balbi had a finger in every pie, and the State never made a contract for 1,000 francs without there being some little ricordo (this was the polite expression at Parma) for the Marchesa.
Balbi andereñoa negozio guztietan sartua zebilen, eta Estatuak ez zuen mila liberako traturik egingo, markesa andreak oroigarri bat eskura zezan gabe (huraxe zen Parman hitz egokia).