Am I not to show favour to any person I may choose without asking permission of a parcel of cottagers?

难道我想对什么人表示好感还要征得一群乡巴佬的同意吗？

I could have destroyed the cottage and killed the cottagers with pleasure.

我本可以摧毁小屋并愉快地杀死村民。

When I returned to the cottage, I found that the cottagers had left.

当我回到小屋时， 发现村民们已经离开了。

When the young lady spoke to the cottagers, they did not understand her.

小姐跟村民们说话时， 他们听不懂她的话。

I preferred those who governed peacefully, because they resembled my cottagers.

我更喜欢那些和平统治的人， 因为他们像我的乡下人。

Now I longed even more to show myself to the cottagers.

现在我更渴望向村民们展示自己。

I think we are far better off, knowing only cottagers and labourers, and people without pretence'.

我认为我们的境况要好得多， 只认识村民和劳工， 以及没有伪装的人。

Though he was almost a stranger here now, passing cottagers talked to him over the garden hedge.

虽然他现在几乎成了这里的陌生人，但路过的村民隔着花园篱笆与他交谈。

The only difference was that now my cottagers were happy instead of sad.

唯一不同的是， 现在我的村民们高兴而不是悲伤。

In the evening I noticed that the cottagers were repeating the same sounds again and again.

傍晚时分， 我注意到村民们一遍又一遍地重复同样的声音。