Northerners had expected to win the battle of Bull Run. They believed the Confederacy would fall if the Union won a big military victory early in the war.

北方人原以为会赢得布尔朗战役，他们认为，如果联盟国在战争初期取得重大军事胜利，南部联盟国就会垮台。

When the end of the season came, the private secretary had not yet won a private acquaintance, and he hugged himself in his solitude when the story of the battle of Bull Run appeared in the Times.

季末来临之际，私人秘书还没有赢得一个私人熟人，当布尔伦战役的故事出现在泰晤士报上时，他在孤独中拥抱自己。