His mind was in a ferment.

He could not realize what had happened.
He could scarcely believe that he had actually done it.

He could not conceive how he had dared it.

And now what penalty would she inflict?
What if she should not forgive him?
His soul was dissolved in fears.

But, sooth to say, the young lady's actual state of mind was by no means so implacable as he apprehended.