The attachment to Quincy was not altogether sentimental or wholly sympathetic. Quincy was not a bed of thornless roses. Even there the curse of Cain set its mark. There as elsewhere a cruel universe combined to crush a child.

对昆西的依恋既不完全是感性的，也不完全是同情的。昆西不是无刺玫瑰花床。甚至在那里，该隐的诅咒也留下了印记。那里和其他地方一样，是一个残酷的宇宙结合在一起压垮了一个孩子。