Il più bel saggio che ho scritto io....

'Twas a tour de force: For two credit-hours in Italian which my advisor permitted me (such was his benevolent omnipotence) to count as the last two credit-hours I needed for my degree in French--in my dual B.A. in French and Italian--in Fiabe Italiane: I (1) translated Perrault's 'Cinderella' from French into Italian, then (2) described what happened to it when Rossini's librettist turned it into La Cenerentola. My professor, an elegant, ancient, erudite Italian lady, said, "Bel saggio!" and gave me an 'A.'