As it is,circumstances,false steps,or the mere lapse of time,force us to shuffle our affections and take them as they come,or as we are suffered to indulge them.A mother is followed by a boyish friend,a friend by a girl,a girl by a wife,a wife by a child,a child by an idea.
尤其是后面一句,单词都很简单,但不知道如何翻译好.