In the view of a certain stratum of society, Carrie was comfortably established--in the eyes of the starveling, beaten by every wind and gusty sheet of rain, she was safe in a halcyon harbour.

• 照某些社会阶层的标准看，嘉莉现在的境遇是够舒服的了----在那些忍饥挨饿，饱受凄风冷雨之苦的人们眼里，她现在已进入风平浪静的安全港。