Better quarters could have been found, but Marshal Davoust was one of these people who purposely put themselves into the most dismal conditions of life in order to have a right to be dismal.

• 副官站在他身旁，本来可找到更好的住处，但达乌元帅却是一个那种故意（偏要）置身于最阴暗角落里，以便使其有权成为更阴森的人。