Only in the domestic relation, in the country — never in society at large — a young American might accidentally make friends with an Englishwoman of his own age, but it never happened to Henry Adams.

只有在家庭关系中，在乡下——绝不会在整个社会中——一个年轻的美国人可能会不小心和一个同龄的英国女人交朋友，但亨利·亚当斯从来没有发生过这种事。