There might have been any number of reasons for that hug, all totally innocent.
"I have opened the door to calumny to my totally innocent wife and family."
And so, for the first time, they could see him as he was: a man totally innocent of fear.
Surely she must realize, by this time, how totally innocent he was.
Which would, of course, also be the case if the governor were totally innocent.
He can tell himself that the woman was not totally innocent.
"Obviously this has to hurt him seriously, unless he's totally innocent."
He eventually finds them "totally innocent, which is the worst crime of all."
These people who met a terrible death were totally innocent.
There could be a totally innocent reason why someone arrived with no documents.