This was true; for old Featherstone had not been a Harpagon whose passions had all been devoured by the ever-lean and ever-hungry passion of saving, and who would drive a bargain with his undertaker beforehand.

这是真的；因为老费瑟斯通不是哈巴贡人，他的热情都被永远贫乏、永远饥渴的储蓄热情所吞噬，也不会事先与他的承办人讨价还价。