I am bewildered and crushed. The very idle rumour of fellow-creatures so wonderfully gifted makes me dwindle in my own estimation to the size of a gnat.

• 这使我迷惑不解，而且佩服的五体投地。这就是我自己越看越小， 小得像个小蚊虫的原因。他们有如此神奇的天赋！正像传说中讲的那样。