一我的父亲理查德·格雷是英格兰北方的一个牧师,凡是了解他的人都很尊敬他。他年轻时靠担任教职所得的薄俸和一小笔足以维持生活的财产,日子过得相当舒适。我的母亲是一位乡绅家的小姐,她违反了人们的意愿,放弃了住宅奢华、庭院宽敞、有四轮马车和侍女的富足生活,嫁给了我的父亲,隐没在 One of my father’s father, Richard Gray, was a priest in the north of England. Everyone who knew him respected him very much. When he was young, he lived comfortably with the help of the teaching staff and a small enough to maintain his life. My mother was a homesick lady who violated people’s wishes and gave up the luxury of living in homes, spacious courtyards, four-wheeler carriages and maids’ abundance, married to my father, and lost.