Those whom Nature had depicted as merely quaint became grotesque, the grotesque became preternatural; for all was in extremity.

本来天生奇特的东西，现在变得怪诞，本来怪诞的东西，现在变得超自然；一切都到了极点。

" Which do you think the more grievous misfortune for a Christian man; to hear a blasphemous word uttered, or to abandon a fellow-creature in extremity" ?

“你认为对于一个基督徒来说，哪种不幸更严重：听到一句亵渎神明的话，还是在绝境中抛弃一个同胞”？

I could hardly tell how men and women in extremities of destitution proceeded.  I did not know whether either of these articles would be accepted: probably they would not; but I must try.

我几乎无法说出处于极度贫困中的男人和女人是如何进行的。我不知道这两篇文章是否会被接受：可能不会；但我必须尝试。