As to his remark about his deserts, it was also not unnatural if you consider that he stood beside the dead body of his father, and that there is no doubt that he had that very day so far forgotten his filial duty as to bandy words with him, and even, according to the little girl whose evidence is so important, to raise his hand as if to strike him.
Az a megjegyzése sem magyarázhatatlan, hogy megérdemli a büntetést, ha megfontoljuk, hogy ott állt az apja holtteste mellett, ráadásul ugyanazon a napon kétségkívül megfeledkezett a fiúi tiszteletadásról, amennyiben összeszólalkozott az apjával, sőt, a kislány szerint, akinek a vallomása rendkívül fontos, még kezet is emelt rá.