Accustomed to spend his holidays among the mountains though (like a true Forsyte) he had never attempted anything too adventurous or too foolhardy, he had been passionately fond of them.

• 他一直酷爱游山，过去的假日常是在山里度过的，不过（象一个真正的福尔赛那样）登山从来不肯涉险，或者傻干。