It was horribly lonesome and dismal, and all the policemen he met regarded him with undisguised suspicion, and turned their lanterns on him and followed him about, and this had such an effect upon him at last that he began to feel as if he really had done something, and he got to slinking down the by-streets and hiding in dark doorways when he heard the regulation flip-flop approaching.
Tutte le guardie che incontrava lo guardavano gravemente sospettose, e gli volgevano le lanterne addosso, seguendolo in giro. Questo finalmente ebbe tanto effetto su di lui, che egli cominciò a sentirsi come se realmente avesse commesso qualcosa, e a infilare i vicoletti e a nascondersi negli androni, quando sentiva avvicinarsi dei passi cadenzati.