He lived alone in a house of logs surrounded on all sides by the great forest, of whose gloom and silence he seemed a part, for no one had ever known him to smile nor speak a needless word.

他独自住在一间四面被森林包围的小木屋里，他的忧郁与沉默似乎把他同他人隔绝开来，没有人看到他笑过，他亦惜字如金。

youdao

He must have already known of Haman's hatred for the whole Jewish race and would not bow before such a man nor offer him homage which belonged only to God.

末底改一定已经知悉哈曼仇恨整个犹大民族，他不会向这样一个人下拜，也不会将只属于神的尊荣归给人。

youdao

Nor had she known him to be a chain smoker or a constant chewer of qaat, the mild narcotic to which urban Somalis are highly addicted.

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