He scraped with his foot and flapped his arms like a rooster about to crow, and the bandsmen sitting in the green rotunda blew out their cheeks and glared at the music.

他只正要鸣叫的公鸡那样只脚蹭着地，摆动着双臂。坐在绿色圆亭里的乐队成员们鼓起两腮，睛盯着乐谱。

Jim ridiculed the idea; the bandsman protested, and was about to lose his temper, when Jim gave in with the good-nature of a person who can afford to despise opinions; and the musician went his way.

吉嘲笑这个想法。乐队成员提出抗议，正要发脾气，这时吉个可轻视意见的人的善良本性屈服了。音乐家走了他的路。