Ons wou vra dat Sy Majesteit ons help om dit vir die ou Markies te sê, en so sy toestemming by nabaat te kry, want ons baba-dogtertjie is al verlede jaar gebore
We had hoped His Majesty would help us to declare this fact to the old Marquis, and thus obtain from him his belated consent, a most urgent necessity since a daughter has been born. She is now almost one year old.