She had found some happiness in allowing herself to write to some young society men.

她在允许自己给一些上流社会的年轻人写信时找到了一些快乐。

In those days all these young society men had seen or accomplished feats which really had an element of greatness.

在那些日子里， 所有这些年轻的社会人士都看到或完成了真正具有伟大元素的壮举。

Yet the savage deceived by false friendship is likely to pay for his mistake with his life; whereas even in the most civilised societies men are not put to death for mathematical incompetence.

然而，被虚假友谊欺骗的野蛮人可能会为他的错误付出生命的代价； 而即使在最文明的社会中， 人们也不会因为数学上的无能而被处死。