The general scarcity of everything , occasioned candles to be borrowed in a rather peremptory manner of monsieur gabelle ; and in a moment of reluctance and hesitation on that functionary s part , the mender of roads , once so submissive to authority , had remarked that carriages were good to make bonfires with , and that post - horses would roast 这儿物品普遍匮乏，大家便颇不客气地去向加伯尔先生借。那位宫员很不情愿，稍一犹豫，过去在权威面前十分恭顺的补路工这时却说： “砸了马车烧篝火倒也好玩，驿马也能烧烤了吃呢！ ”
He was given the name of pius by the senate , 10 either because , when his father - in law was old and weak , he lent him a supporting hand in his attendance at the senate ( which act , indeed , is not sufficient as a token of great dutifulness , since a man were rather undutiful who did not perform this service than dutiful if he did ) , or because he spared those men whom hadrian in his ill - health had condemned to death , or because after hadrian ' s death he had unbounded and extraordinary honours decreed for him in spite of opposition from all , or because , when hadrian wished to make away with himself , by great care and watchfulness he prevented him from so doing , 11 or because he was in fact very kindly by nature and did no harsh deed in his own time 他被元老院授予皮乌斯的名字（ 10 ） ，或者因为，当他的岳父年老衰弱的时候，他扶着他出席元老院（这行为，的确，不是一个充份表现恭顺的例证，因为一个人宁可不恭顺而不做这种服务，而不是这样恭顺地去做） ，或因为他饶恕了那些哈德良在病中命令处死的人，或因为在哈德良死后，他不顾所有人的反对，下令给他非常崇高的荣誉，或因为，哈德良想要自杀时，他以很好的照料和谨慎避免了此事（ 11 ） ，或因为他事实上天性非常和蔼，而且在他的时期没有残酷的行为。
