Was carelessly listening to a man of fifty or fifty - two years of age , with gray hair , aristocratic bearing , and exceedingly gentlemanly attire , and meanwhile making a marginal note in a volume of gryphius s rather inaccurate , but much sought - after , edition of horace - a work which was much indebted to the sagacious observations of the philosophical monarch 此刻,他正在漫不经心地听一个约五十多岁,头发灰白,一副贵族仪表,风度极为高雅的人在讲话,他的手边放着一本格里夫斯版的贺拉斯公元前,古罗马人。他正在上面作注释,国王那种聪慧博学的见解大多是从这本书上得来的。