這房子本來(lái)的主人是威靈頓公爵。
The original owner of the house was the Duke of Wellington.
那場(chǎng)戰斗的前夜，威靈頓沿一條長(cháng)長(cháng)的山脊背后占據了一個(gè)防守陣地。
The evening before the battle, Wellington took up a defensive position along, and to the rear of, a long ridge.
可是有一樣，威靈頓公爵軍隊里的英國人買(mǎi)東西向來(lái)不欠賬，他們究竟是來(lái)自小店主之國，所以買(mǎi)東西從來(lái)不會(huì )忘記付錢(qián)。
But it may be said as a rule that every Englishman in the Duke of Wellington's army paid his way. The remembrance of such a fact surely becomes a nation of shop-keepers.
