I wished Joe had been rather more genteelly brought up, and then I should have been so too.

我希望乔长大后会更绅士化， 然后我也应该如此。

" But if I had stayed in my home, I wouldn't have had any home left to stay in" . " The inference is that you should have starved genteelly and with pride" .

" " 但如果我一直待在自己家里，我就会没有什么好干的了。" " 总的说来，就是你应该高雅而自豪去饿肚子。" " 嘿，胡说八道！你就瞧瞧梅里韦瑟太太吧。