静居独处今天的文明中是一个神话。

Privacy is today's civilization is a myth.

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在灾难的折磨下——他的妻子克莱门廷说：“我想他会痛苦而死，”——他携家带口来到萨利郡的一处乡间静居霍·华姆。

Overwhelmed by the catastrophe — "I thought he would die of grief, " said his wife, Clementine —he retired with his family to Hoe Farm, a country retreat in Surrey.

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外人常常难以理解这些村民何以缺乏静居独处的念头。

It is often difficult for outside to understand the villagers' lack of desire for privacy.

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