The king, attacked in a manner so direct, did not know what to answer; and he thought that this was the moment for expressing the desire which he was not going to have made until the evening before the fete.
El rey, atacado a su vez de una manera tan directa, no supo qué responder; pensó que aquel era el momento de colocar la recomendación que no debía hacer más que la víspera de la fiesta.