Isabel Chivers and Reggie were engaged for two years: Grace and Thorley for nearly a year and a half.

Isabel Chivers 和 Reggie 订婚两年：Grace 和 Thorley 订婚将近一年半。

" He's an awful brute, isn't he? " continued the young enquirer, a candid Thorley, who was evidently preparing to enter the lists as the lady's champion.

“ “他是个可怕的畜生， 不是吗？ ” 年轻的询问者继续说道， 一个坦率的索利，他显然正准备以女士冠军的身份进入名单。

His surprise at discovering that her fears had fastened upon an episode so remote and so completely of the past as his love-affair with Mrs. Thorley Rushworth gave way to wonder at the generosity of her view.

他惊奇地发现， 她的恐惧与一段如此遥远、如此彻底的过去有关， 因为他与索利·拉什沃思夫人的爱情让位于对她的慷慨感到惊奇。 在她看来。

He passed for a young man who had not been afraid of risks, and he knew that his secret love-affair with poor silly Mrs. Thorley Rushworth had not been too secret to invest him with a becoming air of adventure.

他被认为是一个不怕风险的年轻人，而且他知道他与可怜的愚蠢的索利拉什沃思夫人的秘密恋情并没有太秘密， 以至于无法给他带来冒险的气氛。