The causes on which the Duc de Bassano based his refusal to give these passports would never have led me to suppose that the action of my ambassador could serve as a ground for invasion.

• 虽然对陛下所负的义务，我信守不渝，但昨天我得悉您的军队越过了俄国边境，直到现时我才收到从彼得堡送来的通牒，洛里斯东伯爵在谈到这次进犯，引用通牒的话对我说，自从库拉金公爵申请自己的护照时起，陛下就认为您和我彼此都怀有恶感。