Which is why they have coined the word caprice to describe those non - commercial affairs in which they indulge from time to time as a relief , an excuse or as a consolation . such women are like money - lenders who fleece large numbers of people , and think they can make amends by lending twenty francs one day to some poor devil who is starving to death , without asking him to pay interest or requiring him to sign a receipt 她们把那些不在做生意范围之内的爱情叫做逢场作戏，她们经常会有一些这样的爱情，她们把这种爱情当作消遣，当作借口，当作安慰，就好像那些放高利贷的人，他们盘剥了成千的人，有一天他借了二十个法郎给一个快要饿死的穷人，没有要他付利息，没有逼着他写借据，就自以为罪已经赎清了。
Honest , men all , who had speculated in the prostitution of this woman , had obtained a one hundred per cent return on her , had dogged the last moments of her life with writs , and came after she was dead to claim both the fruits of their honourable calculations and the interest accruing on the shameful credit they had given her 那些在这个女人的神女生涯上搞过投机买卖的人，那些在她身上发过大财的人，那些在她弥留之际拿着贴了印花的借据来和她纠缠不休的人，还有那些在她死后就来收取他们冠冕堂皇的帐款和卑鄙可耻的高额利息的人，所有那些人可全都是正人君子哪！
