A plain man like Godfrey Cass, speaking under some embarrassment, necessarily blunders on words that are coarser than his intentions, and that are likely to fall gratingly on susceptible feelings.

像戈德弗雷·卡斯这样不善言辞的人，局促中开口，难免失言，说出比本意粗硬的话，刺痛敏感的心。