No one having previously heard his history, could for the first time behold Father Mapple without the utmost interest, because there were certain engrafted clerical peculiarities about him, imputable to that adventurous maritime life he had led.

先不知梅普尔神甫生平的人, 初次看到了, 都不免要发生极的兴趣, 因为的举止所表现出来的牧师的某些特点, 都可以所经历过的出生入死的水上生活有关。