An english hero of the road would be the next best thing to an italian bandit ; and that could only be surpassed by a levantine pirate “就我喜好而言,一个英国的路盗仅次于一个意大利的土匪,而意大利的土匪稍逊于地中海的海盗。 ”
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Ah , you call yourself oriental , a levantine , maltese , indian , chinese ; your family name is monte cristo ; sinbad the sailor is your baptismal appellation , and yet the first day you set foot in paris you instinctively display the greatest virtue , or rather the chief defect , of us eccentric parisians , - that is , you assume the vices you have not , and conceal the virtues you possess . 您自称为东方人,勒旺人,马耳他人,印度人,中国人。您的姓是基督山,水手辛巴德是您的教名,可是在您的脚踏上巴黎的第一天,您就自然具备我们这些反常的巴黎人的最大美德,或说得更确切些,我们的最大的缺点,就是,故意表白您所没有的污点,而掩饰了您固有的美德。 ”