It would take a whole book to describe the state of that kitchen. During the week the literary gentleman " did" for himself.

描述那个厨房的状态需要一整本书。在这一周里，这位文学绅士为自己“做了”。

It was not, after all, a thing to make a fuss about; and what could Irwine do for him that he could not do for himself?

毕竟，这不是什么值得大惊小怪的事情。欧文能为他做些什么而他自己却做不到？

He knew that the worst thing the man could do for himself, for his reason and his health, was to begin to think in the particular way of this particular subject.

他知道，为了他的理智和健康，这个人能为自己做的最糟糕的事情就是开始以特定的方式思考这个特定的主题。

When I pressed Macarthur on the subject, he said that yes, he felt a great and terrible remorse, but that he had never allowed it to overwhelm him, because what good would that have done, for himself or anyone else?

当我追问麦克阿瑟这个问题时，他说，是的，他感到非常非常懊悔，但他从未让悔恨压倒自己，因为这对他自己或其他人有什么好处呢？