The Duchessa noticed that the ante-room, resplendent with gilding, of the Balbi's palazzo, was lighted by a single candle which guttered on a priceless marble table, and that the doors of her drawing-room were blackened by the footmen's fingers.
Kandela bakarrak argitzen zuen Balbi markesa andrearen jauregiko gelaurrea, urreztadurez distiratsua zen arren, eta marmol baliotsuko mahai baten gainean aritzen zen kandela hura isurian; haren egongelako ateak, bestalde, lekaioen hatzek belzturik zeuden, dukesak berehala antzeman zionez.