Even though he had escaped the draft and prison, he seemed caught in the throes of a depression, like that which Turgenev said only the very young know and which has no apparent reason.
虽然他逃过了服兵役和服刑,但他似乎陷入了一种郁闷的情绪,那是一种屠格涅夫所说的“只有某些特别的年轻人才知道的一种莫名的忧郁”。
Soon, though, he learned that he had overreacted. The situation was not as bad as he had thought. He had assumed the prisoners had escaped through the open doors, but they were still there!
可是,他很快便知道自己反应过敏了,情况并非他想像中那么恶劣,他以为囚犯已从空门中逃脱,但他们竟然还在狱中!
He had saved Lord Sumner's life as Big Belly Ben was about to smash his head in, though the outlaw had escaped him.
其实,当“大肚子”本恩要撞碎萨姆纳伯爵的头颅时,正是他救了伯爵的命——虽然没能抓住凶手。
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