Men were strange: it would never have occurred to her that Walter was capable of such baseness, and yet you never knew; perhaps his seriousness was merely a mask for a mean and pettifogging nature.

男人很奇怪：她永远会想到会如此卑，但你永远；也许他的严肃只是刻薄和吹毛求疵的本性的面具。