谢泼德先生（Mr. Shepherd）是谁？
促成出租府邸的律师
谢泼德先生是沃尔特·埃利奥特爵士的律师，也是埃利奥特家的代理人。他谨慎有礼，擅长在不惹主人不快的情况下把事情推进下去。
他小心地提起债务的现实，一边迎合沃尔特爵士的虚荣心，一边委婉地劝他把凯林奇府租出去。他看准战争结束、海军军官们纷纷回到陆地的时机，介绍了克罗夫特将军作为租客。
他的女儿就是克莱夫人，父女二人都与埃利奥特家的去向有所牵连。
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In a grand house sinking under debt, Anne Elliot, the middle daughter, is the one no one in her family listens to. Her vain father and older sister insist they can't possibly give up a single horse or servant. In the end the family decides to let the house and move to Bath. Then, at dusk, a single word drifts through a doorway — "navy" — and for one moment, Anne's eyes waver.
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