There, such as were not as spotless as an angel might have the dispositions of a fiend.

在那里，那些不像天使那样一尘不染的人可能会有恶魔的性情。

At all events, he had the disposition of an assassin—cowering before a brave man's words, but ready to strike his helpless or unsuspecting victim in the back, as I had reason afterwards to know.

无论如何，他有刺客的气质——在勇敢者的话语面前退缩，但准备从背后攻击他无助或毫无戒心的受害者， 我后来有理由知道这一点。