By a former marriage, Mr. Henry Dashwood had one son: by his present lady, three daughters. The son, a steady respectable young man, was amply provided for by the fortune of his mother, which had been large, and half of which devolved on him on his coming of age. By his own marriage, likewise, which happened soon afterwards, he added to his wealth.
亨利.达什伍德先生同前妻生下一个儿子,同现在的太太生了三个女儿。儿子是个踏实体面的青年。当年他母亲留下一大笔遗产,到他成年时有一半交给了他,为他奠定了厚实的家底。此后不久,他成了亲,又增添了一笔财产。
To him therefore thesuccessionto the Norland estate was not so really important as to his sisters; for their fortune, independent of what might arise to them from their father's inheriting that property, could be but small. Their mother had nothing, and their father only seven thousand pounds in his own disposal; for the remainingmoietyof his first wife's fortune was also secured to her child, and he had only a life-interest in it.
所以,对他说来,父亲是不是继承诺兰田庄,远不像对他几个妹妹那样至关紧要。这几个妹妹假若不依赖父亲继承这笔家业可能给她们带来的进益,她们的财产便将微乎其微。她们的母亲一无所有,父亲仅仅掌管着七千镑,而对前妻另一半遗产的所有权只在生前有效,他一去世,这一半财产也归儿子承袭。
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