It is true also, that as I did not then know his Eminence, if I had been able to dispense with the visit, I should have been enchanted." "He ill-treated you, then; he threatened you?"
Il est vrai encore de dire que, comme alors je ne connaissais pas Son Éminence, si j'avais pu me dispenser de cette visite, j'en eusse été fort enchanté.