to keep myself something in countenance despite my incongruous garb and also perchance for the little meanness that i was not displeased to show this princess that i too kept a state of my own
To keep myself something in countenance despite my incongruous garb (and also perchance for the little meanness that I was not displeased to show this Princess that I too kept a state of my own),
To keep myself something in countenance despite my incongruous garb (and also perchance for the little meanness that I was not displeased to show this Princess that I too kept a state of my own),