She immediately felt how reasonable it was, that Mrs Croft should be thinking and speaking of Edward, and not of Frederick;

她当即认识到，克罗夫特夫人心里想的、嘴里说的很可能是爱德华，而不是弗雷德里克。

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IR You are right that Africans and Europeans were trading on equal terms before George Goldie, Major Frederick Lugard, Major Edward Hewett and other similar Europeans used the maxim gun and false treaties to deprive black African states of their independence.

ECONOMIST: Poor Africa