Indeed, in some sort, they were not grieved at this event, at least as a portent; for they regarded it, not as a fore-shadowing of evil in the future, but as the fulfilment of an evil already presaged.
的确,在某种程度上,他们并不为这个事件感到悲哀,至少不把它作为凶兆;因为他们认为,它并没有预示未来的不幸,而是一个已经预感到的不幸成为现实。