and as, since Fabrizio's imprisonment, and the interest which it inspired in the curious courtiers, he had found it prudent to afflict himself with an almost continuous attack of gout, his excursions to the town, subjected to the requirements of an astute policy, were decided upon often only at the moment of his getting into the carriage.
Fabrice espetxeratzeak gortean sortua zuen interesa ikusirik, jeneralari egoki eta zuzen iruditu zitzaion ia etengabe egotea hezueriak jota; horrenbestez, arrazoi politikoen arabera trebe jokaturik, ez zuen zalgurdira sartu arte hartzen hirira joateko erabakia.