He himself felt not only that he was in the highest degree ridiculous, but quite guilty and disgraced; but recalling what he and his wife had suffered, and asking himself how he would act another time, he answered that he would do just the same again.
E lui stesso si sentiva non solo ridicule al sommo grado, ma anche completamente colpevole e coperto di vergogna; ma, ricordando quello che lui e sua moglie avevano sofferto, e domandandosi come avrebbe agito una seconda volta, si rispondeva che avrebbe agito proprio allo stesso modo.