There had been in his past, as in that of every man, actions which he realized were bad, and for which his conscience ought to have tormented him: but the recollections of those bad actions did not torment him nearly as much as these trivial yet shameful memories.
Nel suo passato, come in quello di ogni uomo, c’erano delle cattive azioni da lui riconosciute come tali, per le quali la coscienza avrebbe dovuto rimordergli; ma il ricordo di queste cattive azioni era ben lungi dal tormentarlo allo stesso modo di questi inconsistenti, ma umilianti ricordi.