He could not admit that he had then known the truth and was now making a mistake; because, as soon as he reflected calmly about it, it all fell to pieces, nor could he acknowledge that he had then been mistaken, for he prized the state his soul had then been in, and by acknowledging it to be a result of weakness he would have defiled those moments.
No podía reconocer que entonces había alcanzado la verdad y que ahora se equivocaba, porque en cuanto comenzaba a reflexionar serenamente todo se le desmoronaba. Tampoco podía reconocer que había errado al rezar, porque el recuerdo de aquel estado de ánimo le era querido, y, considerándolo como una prueba de debilidad, le habría parecido que profanaba la emoción de aquellos instantes.