5 Chapter 4 Country Life

Chapter 4 Country Life George had seen enough of war. He gave up his command and returned to Virginia. His brother Lawrence's wife had died. She had no living children. So Mount Vernon now belonged to George. He intended to live there peacefully for the rest of his life.

乔治已经看够了战争。 他放弃了指挥权，回到了弗吉尼亚。 他哥哥劳伦斯的妻子去世了。 她没有活着的孩子。 所以弗农山庄现在属于乔治了。 他打算在那里平静地度过余生。

At a dance George met a very rich young widow with two young children. Her name was Martha Custis She was short and plump with a warm smile. She knew the same people George knew. They both wanted the same kind of country life. In all ways it was a good match. "I have found an agreeable partner," he wrote to a friend. On January 6, 1759, they were married. They both were twenty-seven years old. Although never wildly in love, there was a strong bond between

在一次舞会上，乔治遇到了一位富有的年轻寡妇和两个年幼的孩子。 她的名字叫玛莎·卡斯蒂斯。她身材矮小，丰满，面带温暖的微笑。 她认识乔治认识的那些人。 他们都想过同样的乡村生活。 从各方面来说，这都是一场好比赛。 “我找到了一个令人愉快的伴侣，”他在给朋友的信中写道。 1759年1月6日，他们结婚了。 他们都是27岁。 虽然从来没有疯狂地爱过，但他们之间有很强的联系

them. Martha called George "Old Man" or "Papa." Sadly, they had no children together. But he doted upon little Patsy and her older brother Jacky. PATSY AND JACKY

他们。玛莎称乔治为“老头”或“爸爸”。 遗憾的是，他们没有孩子。 但他非常宠爱小帕齐和她的哥哥杰基。 帕齐和杰基

JACKY CUSTIS WAS FOUR AND HIS YOUNGER SISTER, PATSY, WAS TWO WHEN THEIR MOTHER MARRIED GEORGE WASHINGTON. GEORGE WAS GOOD TO HIS STEPCHILDREN. HE ORDERED FINE CLOTHES AND TOYS FOR THEM FROM ENGLAND. (GEORGE WAS VERY UPSET WHEN A DOLL FOR PATSY DIDN'T ARRIVE ON TIME.) PATSY WAS A SWEET GIRL. FROM THE TIME SHE WAS VERY YOUNG SHE HAD SEIZURES, WHICH GREW WORSE AS SHE GOT OLDER. DOCTORS HAD NO IDEA HOW TO HELP HER. SHE DIED AFTER A SEIZURE WHEN SHE WAS ONLY SEVENTEEN.

当他们的母亲嫁给乔治·华盛顿时，杰基·柯蒂斯四岁，他的妹妹帕齐两岁。 乔治对继子女很好。 他从英国为他们订购了精美的衣服和玩具。 (给帕齐的娃娃没有按时送到，乔治很不高兴。)帕齐是个可爱的女孩。 从很小的时候起，她就有癫痫发作，随着年龄的增长，病情越来越严重。 医生不知道如何帮助她。 她在17岁时死于癫痫发作。

JACKY WAS A SPOILED AND LAZY BOY. ALL HE WANTED WAS TO HAVE FUN. HE LASTED ONLY A FEW MONTHS AT COLLEGE IN NEW YORK BEFORE COMING HOME. HE WAS A FAILURE AS A FARMER AND DIED AT TWENTY-SIX, JUST WEEKS AFTER HIS STEPFATHER'S ARMY WON THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE. JACKY'S SON AND DAUGTHER WERE RAISED AT MOUNT VERNON BY GEORGE AND MARTHA. (JACKY'S WIFE AND TWO OLDER

杰基是个被宠坏的懒孩子。 他只想玩得开心。 他在纽约的大学只待了几个月就回家了。 他是一个失败的农民，死于26岁，就在他继父的军队赢得独立战争几周后。 杰克的儿子和女儿在弗农山庄由乔治和玛莎抚养长大。 (杰基的妻子和两个哥哥

DAUGHTERS LIVED NEARBY IN VIRGINIA.) AS FOR WHY GEORGE WASHINGTON HAD NO FAMILY OF HIS OWN, MANY HISTORIANS THINK SMALLPOX LEFT HIM UNABLE TO HAVE CHILDREN. Both George and Martha loved to entertain. When he was a much older man, he claimed he and Martha hadn't dined alone in twenty years!

女儿们住在附近的弗吉尼亚。)至于乔治·华盛顿为什么没有自己的家庭，许多历史学家认为天花使他无法生育。 乔治和玛莎都喜欢招待客人。 当他老得多的时候，他声称他和玛莎已经有20年没有单独吃饭了!