Doris was expecting again and they hoped for another boy in order to make the succession to the baronetcy quite sure.

多丽丝又怀孕了， 他们希望再生一个男孩， 这样男爵夫人的继承人就很有把握了。

He considered the blessing of beauty as inferior only to the blessing of a baronetcy; and the Sir Walter Elliot, who united these gifts, was the constant object of his warmest respect and devotion.

他认为，拥有堂堂仪表的幸运仅次于从男爵的爵位，而沃尔特·艾略特爵士却居然两者兼而有之，当然就是他由衷崇敬和热爱的偶像了。

(She had done her duty and produced an heir to the new baronetcy; Kitty smiled as she thought of her mother's satisfaction. ) If the future was so vague it meant perhaps that she was destined never to see it.

（她已经尽了自己的职责，为新的男爵夫人生下了继承人；吉蒂微笑着想到她母亲的满足。）如果未来如此模糊，也许意味着她注定永远不会看到它。