13.Now that the job had been thrust on him he did not propose to relinquish it;and, to guard against the possibility, he saw that he must reassure the unimaginative old man who was the legal conscience of the Mingotts.
既然这份工作已经交给他了, 他并没有打算放弃它; 而且,为了防范这种可能性,他认为他必须让这个
想象力的老人放心, 他是明戈特家族的法
良心。机翻