And, as one would expect of a 19th-century gentleman, he was happy to pay others to carry out menial tasks for him, such as stoking his fire and polishing his shoes.
而且，作为一个19世纪的绅士，我们可以想见，他会很乐意雇佣别人为他打杂，比方说照顾他的火炉或者为他擦皮鞋。
there was a man whose house was on fire. People told him to put out the fire with water, but he would not listen.
说到这里，苏代讲了一个故事：从前有一个人，他的房子起火了，别人劝他快用水去浇灭大火，但他不听，偏抱起一捆柴草去救火，是因为他不懂得柴草不但不能灭火反而能助长火势的道理。
Don't stare at the fire, he told himself. The flames would leave him night blind.
千万别盯着火看，他告诉自己，火焰会让人夜盲。
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