When he got abroad at last he was hardly grateful that he had been spared, remembering how lonely was his estate, how companionless and forlorn he was.

• 当他从病床上起来的时候，回想起自身多么地凄苦，无助而寂寞，他竟然觉得未遭雷击算不上什么可喜可贺的事。