Religion joined in with this prudential resolution; and I was convinced now, many ways, that I was perfectly out of my duty when I was laying all my bloody schemes for the destruction of innocent creatures—I mean innocent as to me.
La religion se joignant à la prudence, j'acquis alors la conviction que j'étais tout-à-fait sorti de mes devoirs en concertant des plans sanguinaires pour la destruction d'innocentes créatures, j'entends innocentes par rapport à moi.