And I was indignant at hearing that.

听到这个我很愤慨。

Ought he not to be indignant at his sister singling out a servant of her household?

他不应该为他妹妹挑出她家里的一个仆人而生气吗？

The other affair, that of his parting with his land, she did not take so close to heart, but her husband was indignant at such folly, and demanded that she influence her brother to abandon the attempt.

另一件事，就是他放弃自己的土地，她并没有那么在意，但她的丈夫对这种愚蠢行为感到愤怒，并要求她影响她的兄弟放弃这一企图。