Raffles was one of them, and I would gladly have been another, had not the footman chosen this moment to hurl me from him, and to make a dash in the direction from which they had come.

莱佛士是中的一员，如果不是男仆选择在这一刻将我从身边甩开，并来的方向刺，我很乐另一个。

My dear girls, I am ambitious for you, but not to have you make a dash in the world, marry rich men merely because they are rich, or have splendid houses, which are not homes because love is wanting.

我亲爱的女儿，我对你的确大有期望，但是不要你在世界上出人头地——别只是因人家有钱或有豪华的宅邸，就嫁给，因缺乏爱的宅邸算不了家。