Theirs was that substantial affection which arises (if any arises at all) when the two who are thrown together begin first by knowing the rougher sides of each other’s character, and not the best till further on, the romance growing up in the interstices of a mass of hard prosaic reality.

他们的感情坚实深厚：两个走到一起的人，先认识彼此性格中粗粝的一面，后来才看见最好的一面；若真挚的感情能够生长，它便如此生长，浪漫从沉重平凡的现实缝隙间萌芽。