I told him very humbly--for I could not conceal from myself the scrape I had got into by laying hands on one of his Majesty’s Musketeers--I told him I was quite ready to submit to his conditions.
Le dije muy humildemente, porque ante sí mismo yo no disimulaba la mala situación en que me había colocado poniéndole la mano encima a un mosquetero de Su Majestad, le dije que yo estaba dispuesto a someterme a sus condiciones.