[General] I haven’t apologized

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Does "I haven’t apologized" here implies that he should have apologized but he didn't do that?


As the Baudelaire orphans looked on, Count Olaf gave Kit Snicket a gentle kiss on her trembling mouth.
“Yuck,” said Sunny, as Kit’s eyes fluttered open.
“I told you,” Count Olaf said weakly. “I told you I’d do that one last time.”
“You’re a wicked man,” Kit said.Do you think one kind act will make me forgive you for your failings?”
The villain stumbled a few steps away, and then sat down on the sand and uttered a deep sigh. “I haven’t apologized,” he said, looking first at the pregnant woman and then at the Baudelaires.

"The End," by Daniel Handler
 
Does "I haven’t apologized" here [STRIKE]implies[/STRIKE] imply that he should have apologized but he didn't do that?

Yes, he had the intention to apologize and had not done so.
 
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Does "I haven’t apologized" here implies that he should have apologized but he didn't do that?
I see no indication of any feeling of the villain that he should have apologised.
 
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