" talking of countries , " replied franz , " of what country is the count , what is his native tongue , whence does he derive his immense fortune , and what were those events of his early life - a life as marvellous as unknown - that have tinctured his succeeding years with so dark and gloomy a misanthropy 他靠什么生活？他这种庞大的财产是从哪儿得来的呢？他的生活是这样的神秘莫测，在他的前期生活中，曾发生过什么大事，以致使他在后来岁月中抱有这样黑暗阴郁的一种厌世观呢？
But just as a doubt of the stability of paper money arises , either because from the ease of making it , too much is put into circulation , or because of a desire to replace it by gold , so a doubt of the real value of history of this kind arises either because too many such histories appear , or because some one in the simplicity of his heart asks : by what force did napoleon do that ? that is , wishes to change the current paper for the pure gold of a true conception 但是，正如由于纸币造得太容易，发行得过多，或者因为大家都要兑换黄金，于是钞票的真实价值就成问题一样，由于这类历史写得太多，或者由于有人幼稚地提出问题： “拿破仑究竟是靠什么力量做了这一手？ ”也就是想把通行的纸币换成实际理解的纯金的时候，这类历史的真正价值也就会引起疑问了。
