The proposition I am about to suggest may perhaps appear to you worthy of consideration.

It seems to me that the situation demands the greatest delicacy on my part.

It is well to despise public opinion, but not to defy it.

I am certain to be judged with the utmost severity.

If I install myself so suddenly in your house, what will be said?
I shall have the appearance of a conqueror, who thinks little, so long as he succeeds, of passing over the body of the conquered.