For the Marchesa, to fortify her own courage a little, as she has told me a hundred times since, had sent to fetch from the convent where she was still at school Gina del Dongo, her husband's sister, who was afterwards that charming Contessa Pietranera:
Bada, markesa andreak Gina del Dongo etorrarazia zuen komentutik, han hartua baitzuen garai hartan emakume hark egoitza; geroztik ehun aldiz esan didanez, bere burua adoretzeko ekarri omen zuen markesa andreak bere senarraren arreba, gerora Pietranera kondesa xarmagarria izango zena, alegia.