I held them in my hands, till I came within two hundred yards of the gate, and desired them " to signify my arrival to one of the secretaries, and let him know, I there waited his majesty's command" .
我把它们握在手里，直到我走到离大门不到两百码的地方，并希望它们“向一位秘书表示我已抵达，并让他知道，我在那里等待陛下的命令”。