He was more than fifty years of age when he came amongst us: we took him because we wanted him, because he served our turn; we laughed at his uncouth German ways, and sneered at him.
彼が私たちのところに来るときには50歳以上になっていた：私たちが彼を招いたのは私たちが彼を欲し、彼が私たちの事の成り行きに適っていた。