I am poor ; for i find that , when i have paid my father s debts , all the patrimony remaining to me will be this crumbling grange , the row of scathed firs behind , and the patch of moorish soil , with the yew - trees and holly - bushes in front 我很穷，因为我发现偿付了父亲的债务后，父亲留给我的全部遗产就只有这个摇摇欲坠的田庄，庄后一排枯萎的杉树，一片前面长着紫杉和冬青灌木的荒土。
It is true that my patrimony will go to endow charitable institutions , and my father will have deprived me of my lawful inheritance without any reason for doing so , but i shall have the satisfaction of knowing that i have acted like a man of sense and feeling “伯爵阁下， ”维尔福说， “以我们家庭的不幸来这样款待您实在太不应该了。不错，我家的财产要送给慈善机关了，家父要毫无理由地剥夺我的法定继承权。但我依然很满意，因为我知道，我的行为是合情合理的。
I have seen so many remarkable things in him , that if you would have me really say what i think , i shall reply that i really do look upon him as one of byron s heroes , whom misery has marked with a fatal brand ; some manfred , some lara , some werner , one of those wrecks , as it were , of some ancient family , who , disinherited of their patrimony , have achieved one by the force of their adventurous genius , which has placed them above the laws of society . 那就是另外一回事了。我目睹了许多和他有关的惊人的事情，所以要是您叫我把心里话照直说出来的话，我就会说：我真的把他看作是拜伦笔下的一个身世极其悲惨的主角了，他有点象曼弗雷特，因为分享不到家族的遗产，所以就不得不凭他的冒险天才自己去寻找致富之道，因此就无视社会的法律。 ”
