English: When he asked what I thought of his 'request' I told him bluntly that I did not understand what he asked me to do as a request, that I understood it as a comradely order which, coming, in particular, from his generation, I could not turn down.
Igbo: Mgbe ọ jụrụ m ihe m chere banyere 'arịrịọ' a, agwara m ya n'ezoghị ọnụ na aghọtaghị m ihe ọ gwara m ka m mee dị ka arịrịọ, na m ghọtara ya dị ka iwu nke, na-abịa, ọkachasị, n'ọgbọ ya, m enweghị ike ịgbatu.