So nothing could be simpler and more natural: meeting Hetty was a mere circumstance of his walk, not its object.

因此，没有什么比这更简单、更自然的了：与海蒂的相遇只是他散步的一种情况， 而不是它的目的。

Through this people attribute the failures of others to character flaws and their own to mere circumstance, subconsciously considering their own characters to be stainless.

犯这种错误的人会将别人的失败归因于性格缺陷，而将自己的失败仅仅归因于周遭环境，潜意识中认为自己的性格是完美无瑕的。