Eh bien ! je me pardonne ma peur, car, d’un autre côté, j’étais bien disposé à défendre ma liberté, et certainement tous les quatre ne seraient pas restés debout pour me conduire en prison.
Very well, I forgive myself my fright, for, from another point of view, I was quite prepared to defend my liberty, and certainly all four of them would not have remained on their feet to carry me off to prison.