She was a woman of honest direct habits, and little likely to take so low a course in order to arrive at painful knowledge; but fear was stronger than the calculation of probabilities.

她是一个有着诚实直接习惯的女人， 不太可能为了获得痛苦的知识而采取如此低级的课程； 但恐惧比概率的计算更强烈。