sure enough he migrates, he ends up in Virginia,

移居并最终葬在了弗吉尼亚
and he arrives in Virginia like a lot of people

他像很多来到弗吉尼亚的人一样
assuming that he deserved power,

认为自己应当获得
he deserved land, and he deserved status.

权力土地和地位
He's among the lesser gentry

他虽是出身较差的士绅
but he still is among the upper crust in England

但仍属英国的上流阶层
and now he's arriving among the rude,

现在却来到了殖民地
ruffled dunces of the colonies.

与当地"东施们"为伍
He assumes he's someone who deserves what he wants.

他认为自己应该得到想要的一切
Lo and behold, he gets there and he finds that

他来到弗吉尼亚发现这里
actually in Virginia there's a kind of an inner core of men,

实际上有一个白手起家的人组成的社交圈
self-made men, who had been there for awhile,

这些人以及他们的家族