Επειδή είχε στο δάχτυλο ένα τεράστιο διαμάντι κ' είχανε παρατηρήση μέσα στις αποσκευές του μια βαλίζα τρομερά βαριά, βρεθήκανε αμέσως γύρω του δυο γιατροί, χωρίς να τους καλέση, μερικοί επιστήθιοι φίλοι, που δεν τον αφήσανε ποτές μόνο του, και δυο θρησκόληπτες γυναίκες, που του ζεσταίνανε τις σούπες. Ο
As he wore a diamond of an enormous size on his finger and had among the rest of his equipage a strong box that seemed very weighty, he soon found himself between two physicians, whom he had not sent for, a number of intimate friends whom he had never seen, and who would not quit his bedside, and two women devotees, who were very careful in providing him hot broths.