That the man was highly intellectual is of course obvious upon the face of it, and also that he was fairly well-to-do within the last three years, although he has now fallen upon evil days.

从帽子的外观来看，很明显这个人是个学问渊博的人，而且在过去三年里，生活相当富裕，尽管他目前已处于窘境。

It was with greater satisfaction that they welcomed his success, since Perkins and Cooper had fallen upon evil days: Cooper drank like a fish, and just before Tom Perkins took his degree the linendrapers filed their petition in bankruptcy.

他们更满意地欢迎他的成功，因为珀金斯和库珀倒霉了：库珀喝得像鱼一样，就在汤姆珀金斯获得学位之前，布艺师们提交了破产申请。