All this was indeed to the purpose, and to give me satisfaction, though, by the way, I was not so scrupulous, had he known all, but that I might have taken him without it.
Tout cela était pour me donner satisfaction, quoique, soit dit en passant je ne fusse point si scrupuleuse, s'il avait tout su, que de refuser de le prendre à défaut de ces preuves.