He could not admit that he had then known the truth and was now making a mistake; because, as soon as he reflected calmly about it, it all fell to pieces, nor could he acknowledge that he had then been mistaken, for he prized the state his soul had then been in, and by acknowledging it to be a result of weakness he would have defiled those moments.
Non poteva ammettere che in quel momento aveva conosciuto la verità e che ora si sbagliava; perché, non appena cominciava a pensare con calma, tutto si frantumava in mille pezzi; non poteva riconoscere nemmeno che in quel momento si era sbagliato perché gli era caro lo stato d’animo di allora e, riconoscendolo come un risultato della propria debolezza, avrebbe contaminato quegli attimi.