Après s’être jeté à ses genoux en amant jaloux et passionné, il lui déclara fort net que son honneur était intéressé à ce qu’elle ne fût pas la dupe du jeune prince.
After flinging himself on his knees like a jealous and impassioned lover, he declared to her in so many words that his honour was involved in her not being made the dupe of the young Prince.