Sometimes he consoled himself with the thought that he was not doing her any actual harm, and at other times he would argue that he could not put this one delightful tenderness out of his life.

• 他有时自解自慰，以为他这样做对她并没有实际的损害，又有时，则以为这种快乐的慰藉是他生活上所不能缺少的。