We are not presenting Pen to you as a hero or a model, only as a lad, who, in the midst of a thousand vanities and weaknesses, has as yet some generous impulses, and is not altogether dishonest.

• 我没有把潘当作英雄模范介绍给你们，他只是一个孩子，但除了千百种虚荣观念和弱点以外，他还有一点正义感，也还没有完全昧没良心。