" Besides, I have not read any books about the Thames: it was one of the minor stupidities of our time that no one thought fit to write a decent book about what may fairly be called our only English river" .

我说，“此外，我没有读过任何关于泰晤士河的书：我们这个时代的小愚蠢之一是没有人认为适合写一本关于这条可以被称为我们唯一的英国河流的体面的书” 。