投资 · 创业者自述

塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯:节俭·摘录 448

塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《节俭》· Thrift · 投资

"One day I received a love-letter from him, which I could now repeat word for word. I had several other suitors, but none were so persevering as John Crossley. He pressed me very much to have him. At last he sent me a letter to say that a house was vacant in Lower George Yard, close to the works he was managing, and that it was a great chance to meet with one so convenient. I told him that I was going home to spend the 5th of November, and would pass that way and look at the house, which I did. When I got home I asked my parents for their consent. They did not object much to it at the time; but I had not been at Miss Oldfield's more than a day or two, before they sent over my sister Grace to say that they would not give their consent to the match, and that if I insisted on being married to John Crossley, they would never look me in the face again.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14418
定位:Excerpt 448 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

玛莎回忆说:有一天她收到约翰的情书,至今还能一字不差背出来。虽然也有别的追求者,但没人像约翰那么执着。他反复求婚,最后写信说,他管理的工厂附近下乔治巷有套空房子,机会难得。玛莎回话说她十一月五日要回家,会路过看看房子,她真去看了。回家问父母,当时他们没太反对;可她才回奥尔菲尔德小姐家一两天,父母就派妹妹格蕾丝来说,他们不同意这门婚事,如果她硬要嫁给约翰,就永远不再见她。这说明家庭压力往往在事后才真正显现,当事人需要想清楚自己能否承担选择的后果。

上下文

斯迈尔斯《节俭》中引述玛莎·特纳的自述,讲述她与约翰·克罗斯利订婚前后遭到父母反对的经过。

今日一问

如果你认定一个人或一条路,而家人以断绝关系相逼,你会怎样评估自己能否承担这个代价?

公版作品;原文逐字取自 Project Gutenberg,仅摘录段落并附全书链接。

本文本为公版;底本与原文链接见上。 版权

← 返回原文库