It was a long while before I could get Harris to take a more Christian view of the subject, but I succeeded at last, and he promised me that he would spare the friends and relations at all events, and would not sing comic songs on the ruins.
Il me fallut un bon moment avant de ramener Harris a une considération plus chrétienne du sujet, mais je finis par y parvenir : il me promit d’épargner, en tout cas, les amis et connaissances et de ne pas chanter de chansonnettes sur les ruines.