As with many gentlemen farmers of the time, Spence supplemented his income by working

与当时许多绅士农民一样，斯宾塞通过打工来补充收入。

He largely withdrew from politics, preferring the life of a gentleman farmer overseeing some 70 slaves as they grew wheat and corn for him.

他基本上退出了政治，更喜欢做一个绅士农民，监督大约70名奴隶为他种植小麦和玉米。

Then one afternoon my master rode into the country to see a friend——a gentleman farmer who knew about horses, and who looked very closely at me.

一天下午我的主人骑我下乡去看一个朋友——一个懂马的农场主，他仔细地看了看我。