" You poor devil" ! he said. " You were doomed to end like that, with a hempen tie around your neck. Alas, you were not made for greatness: I ought to have foreseen that and not hooked my fortune to a rhymester" !

“你这个可怜的家伙” ！他说。“你注定要这样结束， 脖子上系着一条麻领带。唉，你不是为伟大而生的：我早该预见到这一点， 而不是把我的财富寄托在一个押韵者身上” ！