Having made his clerical toilet with due care in the morning, he was prepared only for those amenities of life which were suited to the well-adjusted stiff cravat of the period, and to a mind weighted with unpublished matter.

早上他小心翼翼地整理好他的文书厕所后，他只准备好享受那些适合那个时期适应良好的僵硬领带的生活，以及被未发表的事情压得喘不过气来的头脑。