There was some security in this constant occupation against an uncontrollable impulse seizing him to rush to Hetty and thrust into her hand some mad proposition that would undo everything.

在这种持续不断的工作中有一些安全感，可以防止他无法控制的冲动冲向海蒂，并把一些疯狂的建议塞到她手里，这会破坏一切。