I shall not often refer to foreign novels in these lectures, still less would I pose as an expert on them who is debarred from discussing them by his terms of reference.

• 在这些讲演里，我不会经常提到别种语言的小说，我更不会以别种语言的小说专家自居，装出一副由于这个讲座的委托书规定所限，无法详细讨论的样子。