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One would have said that modest John Brooke, in his busy, quiet, humble life, had had little time to make friends;
有人可能會說誠實的約翰.布魯克，忙碌、安靜、卑微的一生中很少有時間交朋友；
but now they seemed to start up everywhere,—old and young, rich and poor, high and low;
可是現在他的朋友似乎無處不在，——老人和孩子，富人和窮人，高個兒和矮個兒；
for all unconsciously his influence had made itself widely felt, his virtues were remembered, and his hidden charities rose up to bless him.
所有人不知不覺都感受到了他的影響，人們記起了他的美德，他默默的善行也帶給他祝福。
The group about his coffin was a far more eloquent eulogy than any that man could utter.
棺木旁的人群比頌詞更流暢。
There were the rich men whom he had served faithfully for years;
有他忠實服務過的富人；
the poor old women whom he cherished with his little store, in memory of his mother;
有他用自己的小店照顧過的貧困老婦人，他這么做是為了懷念他的母親；
the wife to whom he had given such happiness that death could not mar it utterly;
有他的妻子，他帶給她的幸福死亡也帶不走；
the brothers and sisters in whose hearts he had made a place forever;
有他的兄弟姐妹，他們在心里永遠懷念他；
the little son and daughter who already felt the loss of his strong arm and tender voice;
有他的兒女，他們感到失去了強有力的臂膀和親切的聲音；
the young children, sobbing for their kindest playmate, and the tall lads, watching with softened faces a scene which they never could forget.
小孩子們因為失去了一個玩伴而啜泣，大一點的孩子們神色溫和地看著這永遠難忘的情景。
That evening, as the Plumfield boys sat on the steps,as usual, in the mild September moonlight, they naturally fell to talking of the event of the day.
當晚，梅園的男孩子們像往常一樣坐在臺階上，九月的月光照射下來，他們自然談起這天發生的事情。
Emil began by breaking out in his impetuous way, Uncle Fritz is the wisest, and Uncle Laurie the jolliest, but Uncle John was the best; and I'd rather be like him than any man I ever saw.
急切的埃米爾搶先說話：弗里茨舅舅最有智慧，勞里舅舅最快活，可是約翰舅舅最好；我寧愿做像他一樣的人。
