He would have pardoned me, he would certainly have pardoned me, if I had not said anything to him about that cursed baldric--in ambiguous words, it is true, but rather drolly ambiguous.
Il m'eût pardonné bien certainement; il m'eût pardonné si je n'eusse pas été lui parler de ce maudit baudrier, à mots couverts, c'est vrai; oui, couverts joliment!