I set a bad example — married a poor clergyman, and made myself a pitiable object among the De Bracys — obliged to get my coals by stratagem, and pray to heaven for my salad oil.

我树立了一坏榜样——嫁给了一的牧师， 让己成为德西家族中一可怜的对象——不得不用计谋弄到我的煤， 并向天堂祈祷我的色油。