You should apologize when you do a bad deed.
Tom was playing baseball outside and accidentally throws the ball and breaks someone's house window.
Tom wants to keep his pride.
Tom apologizes to the house owner and tells him it was an accident, but he'll pay for it.
Tom walks away as if nothing happened and avoids that house for a while.
Tom stays out of jail and the houseowner respects Tom.
The cops come to Tom's house later and arrest him for vandalism and the house owner dislikes Tom.