Two days after this, as the Marchese was riding home from one of his estates in the neighbourhood of Mantua, a party of brigands, evidently hired to execute some personal vengeance, carried him off, without maltreating him in any way, and placed him in a boat which took three days to travel down the Po, making the same journey that Fabrizio had made long ago, after the famous affair with Giletti.
Handik bi egunera, markes jauna Mantua inguruko bere lurretako batetik zaldiz zetorrela, norbaitek mendeku partikular baterako ustez ordaindutako bidelapur batzuek hura bahitu, eta hari tratu txarrik eman gabe txalupa batean ipini zuten; hiru egun behar izan zituen txalupa hark Po ibaian behera Fabricek behinola Gilettiren auzi ospetsuaren ondoren egin behar izan zuen bidaia bera egiteko.