The younger, Mrs. Almond by name, was the wife of a prosperous merchant, and the mother of a blooming family.

小女儿名叫杏仁夫人，是一位富裕商人的妻子，也是一个欣欣向荣的家庭的母亲。

Peter Jay's father, Auguste, was a French Huguenot who fled from religious persecution in his native country across the Atlantic to North America, eventually settling in New York City where he adopted the name Augustus Jay and became a prosperous merchant.

彼得·杰伊的父亲奥古斯特是一位法国胡格诺教徒， 他因祖国的宗教迫害而越过大西洋逃到北美，最终定居在纽约市， 在那里他采用了奥古斯特·杰伊这个名字， 并成为一名繁荣的商人。