The alchemy which thus transmuted an abstracted astronomer into an eager lover—and, must it be said, spoilt a promising young physicist to produce a common-place inamorato—may be almost described as working its change in one short night.

炼金术将一个心不在焉的天文学家变成了一个热切的情人——而且，必须说，它把一个有前途的年轻物理学家宠坏了，以产生一个平凡的 inamorato——几乎可以被描述为在一个短短的晚上就发生了变化。