Translate to German:

"Captain, I REALLY protest, said Reinhold, coming up from behind him. He'd taken the longer, slower way up, due to having had his ankle twisted in an unfortunate accident this morning while helping some new raw duffers unload the cannon.

German:
"A little, and no, you did not," said Sjervac, years of lessons in rhetoric coming to his aid just when he needed them most, for the Captain's statement had taken him a little off balance, "you did not apologize.