Il pensa à une terrible objection qu’on pourrait lui faire et à laquelle il ne trouvait que de mauvaises réponses : il allait dire qu’il s’appelait Giletti et tout son linge était marqué F.D.
He thought of a terrible objection which might be raised, and to which he could find no satisfactory answer: he was going to say that his name was Giletti, and all his linen was marked F. D.