These passions, like great winds, have blown me hither and thither,wOW gold in a wayward course, over a great ocean of anguish, reaching to the very verge of despair.

• 在他三十五岁前没有结婚，后来，他向一个有钱的寡妇求婚，是个年纪恍他大十五岁的寡妇，一个经过五十寒暑，头发灰白的寡妇。