Little by little, in private, society took the habit of accepting him, not so much as a diplomat, but rather as a member of opposition, or an eminent counsel retained for a foreign Government.

渐渐地，私下里，社会逐渐习惯于接受他， 与其说是外交官， 不如说是反对派成员， 或者外国政府聘请的杰出律师。

And then of course as the UK itself became a nation that was expanding out across the world with its empire, it took the habit of drinking port with it to many corners of the world.

当然，随着英国本身成为一个以其帝国扩张到世界各地的国家，它养成了饮用波特酒的习惯，并将其带到世界的许多角落。