I was going to say, that the major is in a sad taking because of the captain's being killed; but had I known how much store the lady set by him, I wouldn't have been so plain-spoken."
Csak azt akartam mondani, hogy az őrnagy nagyon odavan a kapitány miatt; ha tudom, hogy a kisasszony annyira reszket érte, jobban megválogatom a szavaimat.