The duteous merciful constancy of his wife had delivered him from one dread, but it could not hinder her presence from being still a tribunal before which he shrank from confession and desired advocacy.
他妻子尽职尽责仁慈他摆脱了一种恐,但这并不能阻止在仍然是一个法庭,他在法庭面前不敢认罪,并希望得到辩护。