his letters were amusing, and, by a little piece of eccentricity which was not taken amiss, to escape the comments of the Marchese del Dongo, who did not like having to pay for the carriage of letters, he used to send couriers who would post his at Como or Lecco or Varese or some other of those charming little places on the shores of the lake.
alegia, bere gutunak postan botatzera Comora, Leccora, Varesera edo aintziraren inguruko beste edozein herri xarmant horietako batera bidaltzen zituen Moscak mezulariak, hala, del Dongo markes jaunak marmarrik egin ez zezan, ez baitzuen gutunen garraio-zorrik ordaintzea batere gogoko. Hori helburu jakin batekin egina zen: