My imagination boggled at the punishment I would deserve if in fact I did abuse a book of Mrs. Flowers'.

我想像不出如果我真的没有认真读弗劳尔斯夫人的某一本书，将会受到怎样的惩罚。

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With regard to the first, either he confesses the crime which he has not committed, and is condemned, or he is acquitted, and has suffered a punishment he did not deserve.

对于无辜者来说，无论是他承认未曾犯下的罪责而受到惩罚，还是他最终被释放，他总要承受他本不应承受的痛苦。

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Even if I did hold the extraordinarily unGodly thought that you did not "deserve" heaven, why would I have a need to seek some kind of revenge, or punishment, for your failing?

纵使我真的有那种极端不神圣的想法，认为你们不值得上天堂，但对你们的失败，我又何需寻求某种报复或惩罚呢？

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