The kindness of the marquis was so flattering to the self-respect of our hero, which was always morbidly sensitive, that in spite of himself, he soon came to feel a kind of attachment for this nice old man.
侯爵的好心让我们主人公的自尊心大受宠爱,他总是病态地敏感,以至于他
由自主地很快就对这位和蔼的老人产生了一种依恋。