Stephen was conscious of a gnawing pain at his heart. He retreated as he had come. There are disappointments which wring us, and there are those which inflict a wound whose mark we bear to our graves.

史蒂芬感到心口一阵剧痛。他来了又退。有些失望会折磨我们，有些会造成伤口，我们将其留下的印记带到坟墓里。

They were a close family, and competitive, and he had hated his brothers with the impotent fury of a tortured youngest sibling until they left home, after which he found he missed them with a gnawing and unexpected pain.

他们是一个亲密的家庭， 而且竞争激烈，在他们离开家之前， 他一直怀着对受折磨的最小兄弟姐妹无能为力的愤怒憎恨他们， 之后他发现自己怀念他们， 心里有一种撕咬般的、意想不到的痛苦。