Considering the onward and upward course she had set for me, I should have known better.

但要是我能够考虑到她为我设定的不断向前迈进、向上攀升的人生路线，我就不该有这种期待了。

And he cared for their unconscious deference no more than for the soft west wind, that scarcely made the smoke from the great tall chimneys swerve in its straight upward course.

他只关心他们不自觉的尊重， 就像微弱的西风一样， 它几乎没有使从高高的烟囱里冒出来的烟在笔直上升的过程中转向。