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Quote #10
Immediately afterward he asked himself if his own death would be like that; probably it would, apart from the sheets being less impeccable (he knew that the sheets of those in their death agony are always dirty with spittle, discharges, marks of medicine). (6.39)
Fabrizio might get philosophical about death now and then, but he's not idealistic about it. He knows that in real life, death is a very messy thing that ruins more than a few bed sheets. Just because Fabrizio has lived a life of luxury doesn't mean he's totally disconnected from the messy realities of death.