But this was the supreme moment, the one minute of grace which a man allows himself before the fatal deed.

但这是至高无上的时刻， 一个人在致命的行为发生之前允许自己的一分钟恩典。

So it was that at last I obtained permission to put on record what was, in some ways, the supreme moment of my friend's career.

因此，我终于获得了许可， 可以将在某种程度上来说是我朋友职业生涯中最重要的时刻记录下来。

I do not know when the supreme moment will come, but sooner or later it is inevitable, and before long I shall receive sentence, and from the sentence to execution will not be long.

我不知道至高无上的时刻何时到来，但迟早是不可避免的，用不了多久我就会被判刑，而且从判刑到执行死刑不会太久。