Denis Eady was the son of Michael Eady, the ambitious Irish grocer, whose suppleness and effrontery had given Starkfield its first notion of " smart" business methods, and whose new brick store testified to the success of the attempt.

丹尼斯·伊迪 (Denis Eady) 是雄心勃勃的爱尔兰杂货商迈克尔·伊迪 (Michael Eady) 的儿子，他的柔顺和厚颜无耻为斯塔克菲尔德带来了“智能”商业方法的第一个概念，他的新砖店证明了这一尝试的成功。

He was not much acquainted with valves of any sort, but he knew that valvae were folding-doors, and through this crevice came a sudden light startling him with his first vivid notion of finely adjusted mechanism in the human frame.

他对任何类型的阀门都不是很了解，但他知道阀门是折叠门，从这个缝隙中突然射出一道光，他第一次生动地想到人体结构中的精密调整机制让他大吃一惊。