And what your Majesty says of the policy of the thing comes in very happily. It gives your Majesty excellent grounds for a refusal without any cause for questioning your Majesty's honour or courage.
這就是最好的策略，不予答復!既然陛下沒有明確拒絕敵人的挑戰，別人也不會對陛下的榮譽和勇氣表示任何懷疑。