At any rate the guilty man felt remorse, he repented, and his new friends would have cordially pressed the hand which they sought; but he did not feel himself worthy to extend it to honest men!
En tout cas, le coupable avait des remords, il se repentait, et, cette main qu'ils lui demandaient, ses nouveaux amis l'eussent cordialement pressée, mais il ne se sentait pas digne de la tendre à d'honnêtes gens!