He had thought Harvard College a torpid school, but it was instinct with life compared with all that he could see of the University of Berlin.

他原以为哈佛学院是一所迟钝的学校， 但与他所能看到的柏林大学相比， 这是生活的本能。

His smile returned to him but it was instinct with the secret maliciousness of the experienced salesman, who shrewdly guessed into what an awkward position he had just thrown both the ladies and the young girl.

他的笑容又回来了，但那是经验丰富的推销员暗暗恶意的本能，他精明地猜到他刚刚把女士们和年轻女孩都扔进了一个多么尴尬的境地。