Question

"I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him."

is this sentence mean the narrator was kind or not kind to the old man?

Answer 1

it basically means the narrator wasn't being kind to the old man because the narrator killed the old man and that wasn't kind of the narrator

Answer 2

it means he wasn't kind to the old man because saying he wasn't never kinder to the man during the whole week then killed him