It was only after drinking a bottle or two of wine that he felt vaguely that the terrible tangled skein of life which had terrified him so before was not so terrible as he had fancied.

• 他喝了一两瓶葡萄酒以后，他才模糊地意识到，往昔使他不寒而栗的难以解决的生活难题并不像他想象的那样可怕了。