Faria, since their first acquaintance, had been on all points so rational and logical, so wonderfully sagacious, in fact, that he could not understand how so much wisdom on all points could be allied with madness.

• 自从他认识法利亚以来，觉得后者身上一切都显得那样的理智、伟大和崇高，他不懂为什么一个在各方面都这样富于智慧的人竟会在某一点上失去理智。