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.
A pesar de que muchos de los planes con que había regresado al pueblo no se habían realizado, uno de ellos –la pureza de vida– lo había conseguido. No sentía la vergüenza que habitualmente se experimenta tras la caída y así podía mirar a la gente a la cara sin rubor.