– On a persuadé au prince que je me donne des airs de dictateur et de sauveur de la patrie, et que je veux le mener comme un enfant ; qui plus est, en parlant de lui, j’aurais prononcé le mot fatal : “cet enfant”.
"They have persuaded the Prince that I am giving myself the airs of a dictator and a saviour of the country, and that I wish to lead him about like a boy; what is more, in speaking of him, I seem to have uttered the fatal words: that boy.