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.
Como todos los hombres, tenía en su pasado hechos que reconocía ser vergonzosos y de los cuales podía acusarle su conciencia. Pero los recuerdos de sus actos reprensibles le atormentaban mucho menos que estos recuerdos sin importancia, pero abochornantes.