Not through cowardice, nor from any conscientious scruples, in my opinion, but through the influence of his wife, he was restrained from accepting the challenge of his enemy.

在我看来，这不是因为怯懦， 也不是出于任何认真的顾忌，而是由于他妻子的影响， 他才没有接受敌人的挑战。

His own fortunes seemed in some strange way to be interwoven with those of this Jethway family, through the influence of Elfride over himself and the unfortunate son of that house.

他自己的命运似乎以某种奇怪的方式与这个 Jethway 家族的命运交织在一起， 通过 Elfride 对他自己和那个家族不幸儿子的影响。