Le voleur de grand chemin, qui a plus d’expérience de ces sortes d’expéditions, pense que, si tu veux descendre fort lentement, et surtout sans te presser, ta liberté ne te coûtera que des écorchures.
The highway robber, who has a wider experience of this sort of expedition, thinks that, if you will climb down very carefully, and, above all, without hurrying, your liberty need cost you only a few scratches.