在他接到那個(gè)字條后的那段時(shí)間里,他父親善于預見(jiàn)最?lèi)毫拥那闆r的能力,以及他的妻子神經(jīng)質(zhì)的悲觀(guān)主義都令他思緒萬(wàn)千。
All his father's power of seeing the worst, all his wife's nervous pessimism had come to the fore in him during the hour since he had been handed that message.
悲觀(guān)主義者,當你習慣它之后,就和樂(lè )觀(guān)主義者一樣令人愜意了。
Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.