He had often come up here without stating his purpose to his mother ; but this was the first time that he had been ostensibly frank as to his purpose while really concealing it . It was a moral situation which , three months earlier , he could hardly have credited of himself .
Он часто приходил сюда, не сообщая матери о своей цели; но это был первый раз, когда он якобы откровенно говорил о своих целях, хотя на самом деле скрывал их. Три месяца назад он едва ли мог поверить в такое моральное положение.
