i didn't disagree

In the darkness of the Ajanta caves, I snapped a picture of a 2000-year old painting and was immediately accosted by an angry attendant who, though I couldn't understand his Hindi, was no doubt about to throw me out because I had neglected to turn off my camera's flash.

I didn't disagree with his take on the situation -- the paintings were clearly fragile and I had clearly taken a photo with flash. But the thing is, I hadn't meant to. In fact, I had made it a point to turn the flash off when I entered the cave. But, I was also using a new camera and, most likely, had disabled some other function instead.

Seeing as it would have been pointless to try to explain this to the irate attendant, the best I could do was put my head down, let him escort me to the door, and wish dearly that I knew how to say I'm ashamed in Hindi.