He felt that he could not divert from himself people's hatred, because that hatred was caused not by his badness (had it been so he might have tried to be better) but by his disgraceful and repulsive misery.
Comprendía que no podría hacer frente al odio de la gente concitado contra él, porque tal odio procedía, no de que él hubiera sido malo (en cuyo caso podía procurar ser mejor), sino de que era vergonzosa y despreciablemente desgraciado.