The stifling atmosphere of the royal court , with all its petty restrictive rules 宫廷里那令人窒息的气氛,因为有各种繁文褥节。
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He caught a glimpse of that pathetic figure of him , so long ago , a self - conscious savage , sprouting sweat at every pore in an agony of apprehension , puzzled by the bewildering minutiae of eating - implements , tortured by the ogre of a servant , striving at a leap to live at such dizzy social altitude , and deciding in the end to be frankly himself , pretending no knowledge and no polish he did not possess 那已是很久以前的事:他曾叫餐具的繁文褥节弄得不知所措,受着个妖魔一样的传者的折磨,竭尽全力想攀上这叫人头晕的社会高层,到最后却决定坦然地表现自己,决不不懂装懂,决不冒充风雅。