The stark contrast between the poverty and desperation on one side of the border and the conspicuous wealth on the other always feels jarring.

边界一侧的贫困和绝望与另一侧的显眼财富之间的鲜明对比总是让人感到不协调。

Charles presided over all of this, with the Stuart court in the 1660s becoming a place of conspicuous wealth and consumption, with elaborate feasts, extensive drinking and widespread marital infidelity amongst the court's senior figures.

查尔斯主持了这一切， 1660 年代的斯图亚特宫廷成为了一个炫耀财富和消费的地方，宫廷高级人物中盛行精心的宴会、酗酒和普遍的婚姻不忠现象。