And as though justifying himself, he began to recount all the conveniences enjoyed by the prisoners in a manner to make one believe that the chief aim of the institution consisted in making it a pleasant place of abode.

仿佛在为自己辩解似的，他开始详述囚犯享受的所有便利，以一种让人相信该机构的主要目标在于使它成为一个舒适的住所的方式。