I told him very humbly--for I could not conceal from myself the scrape I had got into by laying hands on one of his Majesty’s Musketeers--I told him I was quite ready to submit to his conditions.
Je lui dis bien humblement, car je ne me dissimulais pas la mauvaise position où je m'étais mis en portant la main sur un mousquetaire de Sa Majesté, je lui dis que j'étais prêt à me soumettre à ses conditions.