I gave him my hand, of course, because I could not help it; but the sympathy I had been prepared to feel for Clara's father was immediately soured by his appearance, and the wheedling, unreal tones in which he spoke.
我把手伸给他,当然,因为我情不自禁。但是我原本准备对克拉拉的父亲产生的同情立即被他的外表和他话时骗的、不真实的语气所腐蚀。