I rose; I dressed myself with care: obliged to be plain-for I had no article of attire that was not made with extreme simplicity-i was still by nature solicitous to be neat.

我起了床，很费了一番心思来穿着。我不得不穿得很朴素，因为我没有一件衣服不是做得极其简单的；但出于天性，我还是力求穿得整洁。

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For high executives, often sheltered from unpleasantness by solicitous subordinates, this can be a useful dash of reality.

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But he's also extremely solicitous, sometimes making it sound as if Publicis will be working for the smaller agency instead of the other way around.

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