And in being forced to class herself among the fortunate she did not cease to wonder at the persistence of the unforeseen, when the one to whom such unbroken tranquility had been accorded in the adult stage was she whose youth had seemed to teach that happiness was but the occasional episode in a general drama of pain.

当她不得不把自己归入幸运者之列时，仍不免惊叹世事总是出人意料：成年后获得如此长久安宁的，竟是年轻时仿佛早已懂得幸福不过是苦难大戏中偶尔插曲的她。