Not very good, I'm afraid, but I do play it a lot. Do you play, by any chance?
不怎么擅长,但我确实经常打。你有机会打球吗?
In the nineteenth century, a novelist would bring his story to a conclusion by presenting his readers with a series of coincidences -- most of them wildly improbable.
在19世纪,小说家常在小说结尾处给读者准备一系列的巧合——大部分是牵强附会,极不可能的。