就在这黄昏时分，索尔比太太听到了在米塞斯韦特庄园发生的一切。
It was in these twilight hours that Mrs. Sowerby heard of all that happened at Misselthwaite Manor.
然而他说服了许多选民，经济上的下滑并非他本人的错误所致。另外在这一非常时期，他做出了任命他信赖的佩德罗·索尔韦斯，为财政大臣这一明智的抉择。
Yet he persuaded many voters that the slowdown was not really his fault; and that the sensible choice in such risky times was his reliable finance minister, Pedro Solbes.
索尔韦斯掌管了约相当全民生产总值2%的健康预算盈余，这使得他拥有大量的空间来进行税收减免以及负担公共基础建设的巨额支出。
Mr Solbes presides over a healthy budget surplus worth 2% of GDP, giving him plenty of room for tax cuts and a splurge of public spending on infrastructure.
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