Their lifestyle was completely different from that of the Chinese around them. All their lives they were strangers in their own land. "
「他們雖高齡且身著長袍，但仍習用美國俗語及英文綽號相稱」，勒法吉形容，「在美國的那段金色年代對他們影響很深，… … 他們與中國的生活方式涇渭分明，終其一生，他們是自己國土上的陌生人，雖竭盡忠誠，卻仍被視為外國顧問… …」