However, though he took these freedoms with me, it did not go to that which they call the last favour, which, to do him justice, he did not attempt; and he made that self-denial of his a plea for all his freedoms with me upon other occasions after this.
Toutefois, bien qu'il prît ces libertés, il n'alla pas jusqu'à ce qu'on appelle la dernière faveur, laquelle, pour lui rendre justice, il ne tenta point; et ce renoncement volontaire lui servit d'excuse pour toutes ses libertés avec moi en d'autres occasions.