Until now he had been too much ashamed of his pale and meagre body, with the varicose veins standing out on his calves and the discoloured patch over his ankle.

• 他的身体好生苍白消瘦，腿肚子青筋毕露，膝盖上长了白斑，这副德行，一直叫他免不了自惭形秽。