"If you like," the Conte said to her one day, "I will write to that charming brother you have on the Lake of Como, and I will soon force that Marchese del Dongo, if I and my friends in a certain quarter apply a little pressure, to ask for the pardon of your dear Fabrizio.
-Nahi baduzu-ari zitzaion egun batean kondea dukesari-, Comoko aintziran duzun anaia jator horri idatziko diot, eta zure Fabrice kuttunarentzat barkamena eskatzera behartuko dut del Dongo markes jauna; ahalegintxo bat egingo dugu, behinik behin, nik eta ***ko nire adiskideek.