Hearing steps ascending the stairs at the other side of the entrance, the waiter turned and recognized the Russian Count who occupied the best rooms in the hotel. He respectfully took his hands out of his pockets, bowed, and said that the courier had been, and that the business of renting the palazzo was settled.
Al oír los pasos que subían la escalera lejos de la entrada, y viendo que era el conde ruso que ocupaba las mejores habitaciones del hotel, sacó respetuosamente las manos del bolsillo e, inclinándose, le explicó que el enviado había vuelto y que el alquiler del palacio era cosa resuelta.