To show his own grief would only sharpen the grief of the Don. To point out his own shortcomings as a wartime Consigliere, would only make the Don reproach himself for his own bad judgment for picking such a man for such an important post.

• 他数说自己作为战时参谋的种种缺点，也只能促使老头于责备自己判断失误，居然挑选了这样一个不称职的人来承担如此重要的职务。