Perhaps you d better . mr linley was the general manager of the collieries , an elderly man from the north , with not quite enough punch to suit clifford ; not up to post - war conditions , nor post - war colliers either , with their ca canny creed 林先生是矿场的总经理，是一个上了年纪的北方人，他有点软弱不振，这是克利福不满意他的地方，他不能迎合战后的新环境，和那些战后的矿工们一样，只守着他们的老成持重的成规。
Where the intellect came in , connie did not quite see . clifford was really clever at that slightly humorous analysis of people and motives which leaves everything in bits at the end . but it was rather like puppies tearing the sofa cushions to bits ; except that it was not young and playful , but curiously old , and rather obstinately conceited 的确，克利福幽默地对于人的分析，动机的考究，未了把一节弄成碎片，在这一点上，他的技巧是很出色的但是那的些象小狗儿的戏滤，把沙发上的垫枕撕了个破碎的样子，不同的便是克利福并不是那样天真，那样戏谑，而是奇异地老成持重，和固执地夸张自大罢了。
