The shortness of his visit, the steadiness of his purpose in leaving them, originated in the same fettered inclination, the same inevitable necessity of temporizing with his mother.

他探望她们的时间如此短暂， 他离开她们的目的却如此坚定，这都源于他同样的受束缚的倾向，同样是与母亲拖延时间的不可避免的需要。