“The age difference … not too big … Fabrice born after the entry of the French, to 98, I think, the Countess may have twenty-seven or twenty-eight, impossible to be prettier more adorable in this country rich in beauty, it beats them all, the Navy, Gherardi, the Ruga, the Ares, the Pietragrua, it outweighs all these women … They lived happily in this beautiful hidden Lake Como when the young man wanted to join Napoleon … There are still souls in Italy! and, whatever you do, my dear country! … No, still the heart inflamed by jealousy, impossible to explain otherwise this resignation to vegetate in the country, with disgust to see every day at every meal, the horrible face of the Marquis del Dongo, more pale face of the infamous Marchesino Ascanio, who will be worse than his father … Well, I will serve honestly. At least I have the pleasure of seeing other than the end of my lens. “

Canon Borda explained very clearly the case to the ladies. Basically, Binder could not be any better prepared and was delighted that Fabrice had taken the key of the field before the orders could arrive in Vienna, for the Binder had the power to decide anything, waiting for orders this case as all the others he sent to Vienna every day an exact copy of all information: and then he waited.

He was in exile in Romagnano Fabrice:

One should not fail to go to Mass every day, took confessor a man of intelligence, devoted to the cause of the monarchy, and confessed to him, the tribunal of penance, that strong feelings blameless.