He thought too well of himself to comprehend on what motive his cousin could refuse him; and though his pride was hurt, he suffered in no other way.

他的把自己估价太高了，因此弄不明白表妹所以拒绝他，原因究竟何在。虽说他的自尊心受到了伤害，可是他别的方面丝毫也不觉得难过。

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"This man, " said he, at one such moment, to himself, "pure as they deem him- all spiritual as he seems- hath inherited a strong animal nature from his father or his mother.

“这个人，”他在一次这种场合中自言自语说，“尽管人们相信他很纯洁，尽管他看来极其高尚神圣，但他从他父亲或母亲身上继承了一种强烈的兽性。

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He cannot begin to see himself as his biographer or reader sees him, for the pain of others always reverts back to his own.

他看自己，与传记作者或读者看他不同，别人受的痛苦总会返回到他自己的痛苦。

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The results are not going for him, but Lee McCulloch's situation is not the same - he had just decided his time had passed and he ruled himself out.

BBC: The bench of frustration