"Well," he said to himself, "if I ever allow myself to be carried away by the pleasure, which no doubt is extremely keen, of being on friendly terms with that charming woman who is known as the Duchessa Sanseverina, I shall be exactly like that stupid Frenchman who killed the goose that was laying the golden eggs.
"Dena dela-ari zen Fabrice bere artean-, burua bero-bero, men egiten badiot noizbait Sanseverina dukesa esaten dioten emakume polit horrekin harreman eztitan egoteko atsegin inondik ere bizi-biziari, orduan, urrezko arrautzak erruten dituen oiloa behin batean hil zuen harako frantses txoriburu hura bezalakoa nintzateke.