Still, now and then, I received a damping check to my cheerfulness; and was, in spite of myself, thrown back on the region of doubts and portents, and dark conjectures.

不过，时不时地，我的快乐会受到抑制。并且，尽管我自己，被抛回了怀疑和预兆以及黑暗猜测的领域。