" Oh, yes. They could raise a row if they chose to complain. But they don't. They prefer it to the fines."

“啊，可不是。他们要是决定去控告的话，就免不了要闹出一场风波。可是他们从来不去。他们情愿挨揍，不愿扣钱。”

When the wise old grandfather found out, instead of raising a row as had been feared, he commented, dying with laughter, that it was the natural destiny of literature.

当聪明的老祖父发现后，他并没有像人们担心的那样大吵大闹，而是笑死了，评论说这是文学的自然命运。