The attitude of the invalid toward the cattleman was something like that of a peevish, perverse child toward an indulgent parent. 这个病人对牧场主的态度,正如一个倔强乖张的小孩儿对待溺爱的父母。
The West Country dialect smacks as much of the farmyard as the patois of the French peasant, or the even more deliberate drawl of the Texan cattleman. 英国西南部的方言就象法国农民的乡音一样浓厚,或者甚至像德克萨斯州牧民故意拖长腔调慢条斯理的说话方式。