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His face, remarkable for a brown solidity, brightened as he shook hands with Uncle and nephew; but he seemed to be of a laconic disposition, and merely said:
'How goes it?'
'All well,' said Mr Gills, pushing the bottle towards him.
他的臉是褐色的，結實的，十分引人注目；當他和舅甥兩人握手的時候，他臉上露出了喜色；但他似乎生性是一位言辭簡潔的人，只是說道：
“事情怎么樣？”
“一切都好，”吉爾斯把酒瓶推到他那邊，說道。
He took it up, and having surveyed and smelt it, said with extraordinary expression:
'The?'
'The,' returned the Instrument-maker.
他拿起酒瓶，細細地看了一下，聞了一下，然后露出異乎尋常的表情，說道：
“是它嗎？”
“是它，”儀器制造商回答道。
Upon that he whistled as he filled his glass, and seemed to think they were making holiday indeed.
'Wal'r!' he said, arranging his hair (which was thin) with his hook, and then pointing it at the Instrument-maker, 'Look at him! Love! Honour! And Obey! Overhaul your catechism till you find that passage, and when found turn the leaf down. Success, my boy!'
在這之后，他一邊往杯子里倒酒，一邊吹口哨，似乎在想，他們真正在歡慶節日呢。
“沃爾！”他用鉤子梳理了一下稀疏的頭發，然后指著儀器制造商，說道，“看著他！愛他！尊敬他！并服從他！翻一下你的《教義問答》，把這一段話找到①，找到的時候把書頁折一下。祝你成功，我的孩子！”
He was so perfectly satisfied both with his quotation and his reference to it, that he could not help repeating the words again in a low voice, and saying he had forgotten 'em these forty year.
他對這段語錄和他的引用都十分滿意，因此情不自禁地低聲重復說著這段話，并說他在這四十年中已把它們忘記了。
注釋：disposition n. 處置；[心理] 性情；[軍] 部署；傾向
例句：
1. I had shown an obliging disposition to render her some little services.
我表示愿意為她辦些零星小事。
2. John resembles his father very much in disposition and appearance.
約翰在性格和外表方面都很像其父。
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①“愛他！尊敬他！并服從他！”，這實際上是在婚禮儀式上說的話，并不是《教義問答》中的話。船長記錯了。
