萨克雷《名利场》：
One great cause why Mr. Crawley had such a hold over the affections of his father, resulted from money arrangements.
克劳莱先生能够叫他爸爸喜欢，多半是经济上的关系。
原文：
One great cause why Mr. Crawley had such a hold over the affections of his father, resulted from money arrangements. The Baronet owed his son a sum of money out of the jointure of his mother, which he did not find it convenient to pay; indeed he had an almost invincible repugnance to paying anybody,and could only be brought by force to discharge his debts. Miss Sharp calculated (for she became, as we shall hear speedily, inducted into most of the secrets of the family) that the mere payment of his creditors cost the honourable Baronet several hundreds yearly;but this was a delight he could not forego; he had a savage pleasure in making the poor wretches wait, and in shifting from court to court and from term to term the period of satisfaction.What's the good of being in Parliament, he said, if you must pay your debts?Hence, indeed, his position as a senator was not a little useful to him.
克劳莱先生能够叫他爸爸喜欢，多半是经济上的关系。从男爵欠他儿子一笔钱；这钱原是克劳莱先生由母亲那里得来的遗产，如果要还的话，对从男爵不很方便。他最怕花钱付帐，对于这件事真是深恶痛绝。如果没有人强逼他，他是再也不肯还债的。夏泼替他计算下来(我们过些时候就会知道，这家子的秘密她已经知道了一大半了)，只是为躲债，从男爵一年就得花好几百镑讼费。他认为这是无上趣事，不肯割舍。他叫那些可怜的债主等了又等，法庭一个个地换，案子一期期地拖，该付的钱总不拿出来，他就感觉得一种恶意的快乐。他说，进了国会还得付债还做什么议员呢?这样看来，他这议员的资格对他用处着实不小。
