The nobility of the capital had a clear sense of innate superiority towards those country bumpkins.

首都的贵族对那些乡有一种明显的天生优越感。

In the eyes of those upper class people, he was nothing more than an impoverished little country bumpkin.

在那些上流社会的人眼里，他不过是一个穷困潦倒的小乡。

Then he went into the jewelry store to buy a pearl necklace—or perhaps only a pair of cuff buttons—rid of my provincial squeamishness forever.

随后他走进那家珠宝店去买一串珍珠项链——或者也许只是一副 ——远摆脱了我这乡吹毛求疵的责难。

Even those nobles who had previously scorned Linley as a country bumpkin were all now smiling at him in a friendly manner.

即使是那些以前鄙视林利是乡的贵族，现在也都以友好的方式对他微笑。