His Highness made me copy out in my wretched attorney's script a number of diplomatic papers so stupid and so long-winded that I really believe his sole object was to keep me prisoner.
Bere gorentasunak txosten mordoa kopiarazi zidan nire prokuradore-idazkera kaskarraz, eta hain zen handia txosten tentel eta korapilatsu haien kopurua, non bene-benetan uste baitut eginkizun haren helburu bakarra ni hantxe preso edukitzea izan zela.