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Наоборот, немногие люди предъявляли к слугам меньшие требования, чем Филип, относились так терпеливо к недостатку услужливости и с такой готовностью прощали нерадивость. Его кажущаяся щедрость была внешним выражением презрения к людям, но полного угрызений совести и раскаяния.
(Indeed, few men could have demanded less of their servants than did Philip, could have been more patient to put up with bad service, and more willing to excuse remissness.) His overtipping was the practical expression of a kind of remorseful and apologetic contempt.
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