Before his surrender he had always supposed that if he did such an unthinkable thing as to seize upon the glue process for himself, what he would feel must be an overpowering shame.

在他投降之前，他一直认为，如果他做出这种不可想象的事情，例如为自己抓住胶水过程，他会感到一种压倒性的耻辱。