People in high life have all the luxuries to themselves—among others, the luxury of indulging their feelings. People in low life have no such privilege. Necessity, which spares our betters, has no pity on us. We learn to put our feelings back into ourselves, and to jog on with our duties as patiently as may be.

上流社会的人独享各种奢侈，其中也包括纵情表达感受的奢侈。底层的人没有这样的特权。生计放过地位高于我们的人，却不怜悯我们。我们学会把感受收回心里，尽可能耐心地继续履行职责。