While Angelica was reaping laurels, Maria Stella sat gossiping on a sofa with two old friends, and Concetta and Carolina were freezing with their shyness the politest partners, Don Fabrizio was wandering around the rooms;
Angelicak laudorio-uzta biltzen zuen bitartean, Maria Stella berriketan ari zen diban batean bi lagun zaharrekin, Concettak eta Caterinak mutil kortesiatsuenak izozten zituzten beren lotsaz, eta Don Fabrizio areto batetik bestera zebilen, alderrai: