But he was now, on receiving his apology, content to let him go (но теперь, приняв его извинения, он был склонен позволить ему уйти = освободить его), and so end the gossip which, to his Highness’s annoyance (и таким образом положить конец слухам, которые к досаде его высочества), had arisen concerning a prisoner in Zenda (возникли касательно пленника в замке Зенды), and had given his visitors the trouble of this enquiry (и причинили его гостям /столько/ хлопот в связи с этим дознанием;
Sapt, Fritz, and I in my bed, looked round on one another (Сэпт, Фриц и я, /лежа/ в своей постели, оглядывались друг на друга) in horror and bewilderment at the cruelty and cunning of the plan (в ужасе и замешательстве от этого жестокого и коварного плана). Whether I went in peace or in war (приди я с миром или с войной), openly at the head of a corps, or secretly by a stealthy assault (открыто во главе /целого/ корпуса, или хитростью /взяв крепость/ штурмом;
But he was now, on receiving his apology, content to let him go, and so end the gossip which, to his Highness’s annoyance, had arisen concerning a prisoner in Zenda, and had given his visitors the trouble of this enquiry. The visitors, baffled, would retire, and Michael could, at his leisure, dispose of the body of the King.
Sapt, Fritz, and I in my bed, looked round on one another in horror and bewilderment at the cruelty and cunning of the plan. Whether I went in peace or in war, openly at the head of a corps, or secretly by a stealthy assault, the King would be dead before I could come near him. If Michael were stronger and overcame my party, there would be an end. But if I were stronger, I should have no way to punish him, no means of proving any guilt in him without proving my own guilt also. On the other hand, I should be left as King (ah! for a moment my pulse quickened) and it would be for the future to witness the final struggle between him and me.