Well, well! not knowing what to say, I was going to prostrate myself before this wonderful book, a way of answering equally pleasing to gods and kings, and which has the advantage of never giving them any embarrassment, when a little incident happened to divert conversation into another channel.
Sin saber qué responder, iba ya a prosternarme, género de respuesta que debe agradar a los dioses tanto como a los reyes, porque tiene la ventaja de no ponerles en el compromiso de tener que replicar, cuando un incidente imprevisto vino a dar a la conversación otro giro.