'And yet, ' said the old man, dropping his hands on his knees, 'it's a sad thing, my dear, to lose so much when we had set our hearts upon it.

“可是，”老人说着把手放在膝盖上，“亲爱的，当我们一心想要失去这么多东西时，这真是一件令人难过的事情。”