The devout hope is that he is doing well. The secret faith is that he is making a mess of it.
嘴上虔诚地盼他一切顺遂,心底却暗自认定他正在把事情弄得一团糟。
— Thomas Hardy · The Return of the Native (1878) · Clym Yeobright —
The devout hope is that he is doing well. The secret faith is that he is making a mess of it.
嘴上虔诚地盼他一切顺遂,心底却暗自认定他正在把事情弄得一团糟。