That was unavoidable, for from his first week he was the most conspicuous man of his year by reason of his beauty, which was arresting, and his eccentricities of behaviour which seemed to know no bounds.

这是不可避免的，因为从他上任的第一周起，他就因为他的美貌而成为他那一年中最引人注目的人，那是引人注目的，而且他的行为古怪似乎是无止境的。