And in this justification, in this reasoning, in which he tried to fight against his remorse, was hidden the anxiety that he had not risen to the height of his task; it was the doubt of the half-cultured man still perplexing him.
Et, dans cette justification, dans les raisonnements dont il essayait de combattre ses remords, s'agitait la sourde inquiétude de ne pas s'etre montré a la hauteur de sa tâche, ce doute du demi-savant qui le tracassait toujours.