I set a bad example — married a poor clergyman, and made myself a pitiable object among the De Bracys — obliged to get my coals by stratagem, and pray to heaven for my salad oil.

我树立了一样——嫁给了一贫穷牧师， 让己成为德布拉西家族中一对象——不得不用计谋弄到我煤， 并向天堂祈祷我色拉油。