None the less because
No sooner was the acquittal pronounced, than tears were shed as freely as blood at another time, and such fraternal embraces were bestowed upon the prisoner by as many of both sexes as could rush at him, that after his long and unwholesome confinement he was in danger of fainting from exhaustion; none the less because he knew very well, that the very same people, carried by another current, would have rushed at him with the very same intensity, to rend him to pieces and strew him over the streets. (A Tale of Two Cities; By Charles Dickens)
Does the underlined part mean below?
he was in danger of fainting from exhaustion and the danger was not alleviated by the fact that he knew very well that ~.
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No. Here's the idea. When he was acquitted, so many people rushed to congratulate him that he almost fainted.
- No.
- Here's the idea.
- When he was acquitted, so many people rushed to congratulate him that he almost fainted.
- Another and equally important reason that he almost fainted was that he knew in other circumstances they would have rushed to destroy him.
- In other words, he realized how fickle people could be.
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No. Here's the idea.
When he was acquitted, so many people rushed to congratulate him that he almost fainted. Another and equally important reason that he almost fainted was that he knew in other circumstances they would have rushed to destroy him. In other words, he realized how fickle people could be.
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