The Mayor of Casterbridge

Happiness was but the occasional episode in a general drama of pain.

幸福不过是痛苦总剧中偶尔的一幕。

The man was of fine figure, swarthy, and stern in aspect; and he showed in profile a facial angle so slightly inclined as to be almost perpendicular.

这个男人身材魁梧，皮肤黝黑，面容严肃；从侧面看，他的面部角度几乎垂直。