I have perhaps offended you in your creed; but it was without wishing to do so, I swear. Pardon me, then, a fault which is perhaps great, but which certainly was involuntary."
Je vous ai sans doute offensé dans vos croyances; mais c'était sans le vouloir, je vous jure; pardonnez-moi donc une faute qui est peut-être grande, mais qui certainement est involontaire.»