I'm glad, for of all faults I detest stinginess in a child.

我很高兴，因为我最讨厌孩子的。

" I don't believe a man is in pocket by stinginess on his land, " said Sir James.

“我不相信一个人会因为在他的土地上吝啬而进了口袋，”詹姆斯爵士说。

" A terrible worker and driver, " Mrs. Peter was said to be; and discharged servant girls told fearsome tales of her temper and stinginess, and her family of pert, quarrelsome children.

“一个糟糕的工人和司机，”据说彼得太太是；被解雇的女仆讲述了她躁、吝啬的可怕故事，以及她家里一群活泼好吵的孩子。

" Oh, stinginess may be abused like other virtues: it will not do to keep one's own pigs lean, " said Mrs. Cadwallader, who had risen to look out of the window.

“哦，吝啬可能像其他美德一样被滥用：让自己的猪保持苗条是不行的， ” 卡德瓦拉德夫人说， 她已经站起来望向窗外。