Lacking enthusiasm he was capable of viewing the turmoil and bustle that surrounded him only as a fruitless circumambient striving toward an incomprehensible goal, tangibly evidenced only by the rival mansions of Mr. Frick and Mr. Carnegie on Fifth Avenue.

由于缺乏热情，他只能将围绕着他的喧嚣和喧嚣看作是一种无果而终的环境，为实现一个不可理解的目标而奋斗，只有弗里克先生和卡内基先生在第五大道的敌对豪宅才能切实证明这一点。