While his innocence or guilt was debated in Madrid with the utmost acrimony, Ambrosio was a prey to the pangs of conscious villainy, and the terrors of punishment impending over him.

当他的清白或有罪在马德里以最激烈的方式争论时，安布罗西奥是有意识的恶行的痛苦的牺牲品，惩罚的恐惧迫在眉睫。