He thought of leaving in the cell when he died a rigid record of his opinions, and when he began to write them down on scraps of envelope in his pocket, he was startled to discover how much they had changed.

他想在死后给这间囚室留下一份严谨的思想记录；可当他开始在口袋里的信封碎片上写下那些观点时，却惊觉它们已改变了许多。