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.

莱佛士是他们中的一员，如果不是男仆选择在这一从他身边甩开，并朝他们来的方向刺，很乐意成为另一个。

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.

亲爱的女儿们，对你们的确大有期望，但是不要你们在世界上出人头地——别只是因为人家有钱或有豪华的宅邸，就嫁给他，因为缺乏爱的宅邸算不了家。