He viewed with swift horror the pit into which he had tumbled, the degraded days, unworthy desires, dead hopes, wrecked faculties and base motives that made up his existence.

• 他突然恐惧地看到自己的一切：掉进的深渊、堕落的日子、无价值的打算、破灭的希望、丧失的才能、低级的求生动机。