Now, in the haymaking season, he had tried his hand with the scythe—but he was no master hand at that, no.

现在，在收割干草的季节， 他试过动手——但他不是这方面的高手， 不。

They did not come forward to kiss the master's hand (an Asiatic custom they had abandoned long ago), but bowed respectfully.

他们没有上前亲吻主人的手（他们早就放弃了亚洲的习俗）， 而是恭敬地鞠躬。

In anger his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed.

主人就大怒，把他交给掌刑的，等他还清了所欠的债。

It was a fine meerschaum, admirably colored to a black the shade of its owner's teeth, but sweet-smelling, gracefully curved, at home in its master's hand, and completing his physiognomy.

那是一只非常漂亮的海泡石烟斗；已经和它的主人的牙齿一样乌黑，可是它香味芬芳，弯弯的，和它主人的手已经混熟，也为它主人的外貌生色。

So, I don't think we've got any sense of who this individual was, but I wouldn't be surprised to learn that there wasn't a master hand in putting it all together because it's very aesthetically satisfying.

因此，我们似乎并不清楚这位个体是谁，但若知并非由一位大师之手将其完美整合， 我也不会感到惊讶， 因为它的美学效果确实令人满意。