Thus the Maules, at all events, kept their resentments within their own breasts.

因此，不管怎么说，莫莱斯夫妇都把怨恨藏在心里。

His mind was haunted with the many and strange tales which he had heard, attributing mysterious if not supernatural endowments to these Maules, as well the grandson here present as his two immediate ancestors.

他的脑海里萦绕着他听到的许多奇怪的故事，这些故事将神秘的，如果不是超自然的天赋归因于这些莫莱斯，以及在场的孙子作为他的两个直系祖先。

The Pyncheons, if all stories were true, haughtily as they bore themselves in the noonday streets of their native town, were no better than bond-servants to these plebeian Maules, on entering the topsy-turvy commonwealth of sleep.

如果所有的故事都是真实的，品钦夫妇在他们家乡小镇的正午街道上傲慢自大，在进入颠倒的睡眠共同体时，他们只不过是这些平民莫勒斯的仆人。

As for Matthew Maule's posterity, it was supposed now to be extinct. For a very long period after the witchcraft delusion, however, the Maules had continued to inhabit the town where their progenitor had suffered so unjust a death.

至于 Matthew Maule 的后代，现在应该已经灭绝了。然而，在巫术妄想发生后的很长一段时间里，莫莱斯一家继续居住在他们的祖先遭受如此不公正死亡的小镇上。