All went well, and the ladies were conversing in the most joyous way with the young traveller when, at a bend which the road makes to pass the charming hill and wood of San Giovanni, three constables in plain clothes sprang at the horses' heads.
Dena ondo ateratzen ari zen; berriketa txit alaian ari ziren bi damak bidaiari gaztearekin, eta hara non, San-Giovanniko muino xarmanta eta basoa inguratzen dituen bihurgune batean, zaldien bridari eustera oldartu zitzaizkien hiru jendarme mozorrotu.