B) They may lose faith in their administrative abilities.

B）他们可能不再相信自己的管理能力。

Nevertheless they prove themselves capable of a tolerable amount of administrative ability—do little work, but are forever sighing after St. Petersburg and paying court to all the pretty women of the place.

尽管如此，他们还是证明了自己有能力进行一定程度的行政管理——做很少的工作，但永远在圣彼得堡之后叹息，并向这个地方所有漂亮的女人致敬。