His tall brothers were a grim, quiet lot, in whom the family tradition of past glories, lost forever, rankled in unspoken hate and crackled out in bitter humour.

• 他的高个儿哥哥都严厉而安静，家庭的昔日光荣传统，已永远失去了，在他们性格中留下了无法言明的仇恨，只有极端痛苦时才倾吐出来。