We gave him a hearty welcome;for there was nearly half as much of the entertaining as of the contemptible about the man, and we had not seen him for several years.

• 我们向他表示热烈欢迎，因为这个人谈吐有趣，差不多有一半抵过了他为人的可鄙，而且我们已经有几年没看见他了。