He would have pardoned me, he would certainly have pardoned me, if I had not said anything to him about that cursed baldric--in ambiguous words, it is true, but rather drolly ambiguous.
Me habría perdonado de buena gana, seguro; me habría perdonado si no le hubiera hablado de ese maldito tahalí, con palabras encubiertas, cierto; sí, bellamente encubiertas.