But he did not understand that of these last, that of creatures without reproach and without stain, and he trembled as he asked himself: the expiation of what?

可是他不理解另外那些人的补偿，那些毫无罪愆、毫无污点的人的补偿，他怀着战栗惶恐的心情问道：“补偿什么？”