Laurie,
劳里,
having dutifully gone to college to please his grandfather,
为了取悦祖父,他尽职尽责地上了大学,
was now getting through it in the easiest possible manner to please himself.
现在正以最容易的方式度过难关,以使自己高兴。
A universal favorite,
这是大家的最爱,
thanks to money,
多亏了钱,
manners,
礼仪,
much talent,
多才,
and the kindest heart that ever got its owner into scrapes by trying to get other people out of them,
那颗最善良的心,把它的主人拖入困境,试图让别人摆脱困境,
he stood in great danger of being spoiled,
他有被宠坏的危险,
and probably would have been,
很可能是,
like many another promising boy,
像许多其他有前途的男孩一样,
if he had not possessed a talisman against evil in the memory of the kind old man who was bound up in his success,
如果他没有在这位与他的成功紧密相连的善良老人的记忆中拥有一个抵御邪恶的护身符,
the motherly friend who watched over him as if he were her son,
那位像照顾自己儿子一样照顾他的慈母般的朋友,
and last,but not least by any means,
最后,但同样重要的是,
the knowledge that four innocent girls loved, admired, and believed in him with all their hearts.
他知道四个天真的姑娘全心全意地爱他、崇拜他、信任他。
Being only “a glorious human boy”,
作为一个“光荣的人类男孩”,
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