A Blot in the 'Scutcheon

His father was a bank clerk and a dissenter at a time when dissent meant exclusion from Society;

他的父亲是一名银行职员，同时也是一位异见者，在那个时代，异见意味着被社会排斥；

no breath of scandal touched his name.

他的名声从未沾染过任何丑闻。