Perched and peeking in a window.

坐在窗边偷看

and then bump into him

然后与他"不期而遇"

There is no masquerade.

根本没什么化妆舞会

To avoid "complications"?

为了"避嫌为妙"吗

A pretty girl like you?

像你这样的美女

I'm sure you have dozens of admirers.

我确信你一定有一堆追求者

Ah. Sister Jude.

裘德修女

We have a problem.

我们有麻烦了

War is coming to Greece

战争的马蹄逼近希腊

It should be little more than a formality for Themistokles

对于特米斯托克列这位马拉松的英雄来说

In the opening lines of this novel, we see the line on page 3,

在小说的开篇我们看到第三页上的这行字

"the child, the father of the man. "

孩子是成人之父