"But it seems to me," said the Conte, "that Your Excellency, who is so fond of the French, and did indeed once lend them the aid of his invincible arm, is forgetting for the moment one of their great maxims:
-Esango nuke, ordea-erantzun zion kondeak-, frantsesen esakuntza handietako bat ahantzi zaiola une honetan jaun txit goren horri, nahiz berorrek frantsesak arras maite dituen eta behinola berorren beso garaiezinaz haiei laguntzera ere joan zen: