We parted, and I returned to the Palace (мы расстались, я вернулся во дворец) and told Sapt and Fritz what I had done (и рассказал Сэпту и Фрицу, что я предпринял). Sapt had a few faults to find and a few grumbles to utter (Сэпт нашел некоторые недостатки и /немного/ поворчал;
“You go to seek the duke?” he asked in a low tone.
“Yes, the duke, and someone else of whom I have need, and who is at Zenda,” I replied.
“I wish I could go with you,” he cried, tugging at his white moustache. “I’d like to strike a blow for you and your crown.”
“I leave you what is more than my life and more than my crown,” said I, “because you are the man I trust more than all other in Ruritania.”
“I will deliver her to you safe and sound,” said he, “and, failing that, I will make her queen.”
We parted, and I returned to the Palace and told Sapt and Fritz what I had done. Sapt had a few faults to find and a few grumbles to utter. This was merely what I expected, for Sapt liked to be consulted beforehand, not informed afterwards; but on the whole he approved of my plans, and his spirits rose high as the hour of action drew nearer and nearer.
Fritz, too, was ready; though he, poor fellow, risked more than Sapt did (Фриц тоже был готов; хотя он, бедняга, рисковал больше, чем Сэпт), for he was a lover, and his happiness hung in the scale (потому что он был влюблен, и на весах лежало: «висело» его счастье;
“It’s hard for you (для вас это трудно). Don’t think I don’t trust you (не думайте, что я не верю вам); I know you have nothing but true thoughts in your heart (я знаю, что у вас в душе только чистые намерения;
But I turned away from him (но я отвернулся от него), thankful that he could not see what my heart held (радуясь, что он не может видеть того, что у меня в душе;
Yet even he did not understand (однако даже он не понимал), for he had not dared to lift his eyes to the Princess Flavia, as I had lifted mine (потому что он не осмеливался взглянуть: «поднять глаза» на принцессу Флавию так, как глядел /на нее/ я).