"A week later," Robert went on, "when it was satisfactorily established that the French were not guillotining anyone, the Marchese del Dongo returned from his castle of Grianta on the Lake of Como, to which he had gallantly retired on the approach of the army, abandoning to the fortunes of war his young and beautiful wife and his sister.
"Handik zortzi egunera-jarraitu zuen Robertek-, frantsesek inor gillotinatzen ez zutela argi eta garbi gelditu zenean, del Dongo markes jauna Grianta-ko bere gaztelutik etorri zen, Como-ko aintziraren ertza atzean utzirik, han babestu baitzen, kementsu, armada hurbiltzen ari zenean, gerraren menturara abandonaturik emazte txit ederra eta arreba.