Every lunch time I went to see how my inheritance was proceeding. Sometimes the deaths column brought good news. Sometimes the births column brought bad. The advent of twin sons to the Duke was a terrible blow. Fortunately an epidemic of diphtheria restored the status quo almost immediately.

每次吃午饭的时候，我都去看看我的遗产是怎么继承的。有时候死亡专栏带来了好消息。有时分娩专栏带来了不好的影响。一对双胞胎儿子的降临对公爵是一个可怕的打击。幸运的是，白喉的流行几乎立即恢复了现状。