When the chancellor had opened and shut twenty times the drawers of the secretaries, it became necessary, whatever hesitation he might experience--it became necessary, I say, to come to the conclusion of the affair; that is to say, to search the queen herself.
Cuando el canciller hubo abierto y cerrado veinte veces los cajones del secreter, tuvo, pese a los titubeos que experimentaba, tuvo, digo, que llegar a la conclusión del asunto, es decir, a registrar a la propia reina.