No material want could have moved her as this fear moved her.

物质上的匮乏无法像这种恐惧打动她那样打动她。

Behind the shabby doors of the old houses, poverty and hunger lived — all the more bitter for the brave gentility with which they were borne, all the more pinching for the outward show of proud indifference to material wants.

在那些破旧的老房子里，人们过着饥寒交迫的生活----越是出身高贵而勇敢的人，日子过得越苦，越是表面上装出对物质要求毫不在乎的傲太，内心越发紧张。