Though he had not carried out many of the plans with which he had returned to the country from Moscow, he had held to the most important one, that of living a pure life, and he was not experiencing the shame which used to torment him when he had fallen, but was able to look people boldly in the face.
Pur non avendo mantenuto fede a molti propositi che aveva formulato nel viaggio di ritorno, tuttavia, l’aspirazione prima, la continenza di vita, egli l’aveva osservata. Non provava la vergogna che di solito lo tormentava dopo ogni caduta, e poteva coraggiosamente guardare in faccia agli uomini.