英语翻译
He told it rather well; he had a reputation for that sort of thing,and to-night he did his best.He pictured himself to his audience on the verge of suicide from melancholia,and assured them that this fate had been averted only through his dislike of being found lifeless amid such untidy surroundings.He decked the narrative with touches of drollery,and was rewarded with the grins that overspread the faces of his hearers.