His return had brought into the foreground all their pre-bellum exasperations. Prices had risen alarmingly and in perverse ratio their income had shrunk to a little over half of its original size.

他的回归使他们在战前的所有愤怒都浮出水面。价格上涨得惊人，他们的收入以反常的比例缩减到原来的一半多一点。