The Beast in the Jungle

It affected him as the sequel of something of which he had lost the beginning.

这种感觉对他而言，如同某件事的结局——而他已经遗忘了开头。

He was quite ready, none the less, to be selfish just a little, since surely no more charming occasion for it had come to him.

不过，他也乐于稍稍自私一回，因为此刻正是他遇上的最迷人的时机。