In all these things, of course, the authorities were ridiculously at fault. But Clifford could not take it to heart. To him the authorities were ridiculous ab ovo, not because of toffee or Tommies.

• 这些事情,当然,都是当局的罪过。但是克利福却不关心,在他看来,当局本身就是可笑的,而不是因为糖果或军队问题。