I was a little at a stand in this discourse; but after some pause I told him I had rather have depended upon him, because I had found him honest, but if that could not be, I would take his recommendation sooner than any one's else.
Je fus un peu prise de court à ces paroles, mais après un silence, je lui dis que j'eusse préféré me fier à lui, parce que je l'avais reconnu honnête, mais que si cela ne pouvait être, je prendrais sa recommandation, plutôt que celle de qui que ce fût.