Hespoke as though I were a child that needed to be distracted. I was sore, butnot with him so much as with myself. I thought of the happy life that pair hadled in the cosplayy studio in Montmartre, Stroeve and his wife, their simplicity,kindness, and hospitality; it seemed to me cruel that it should have beenbroken to pieces by a ruthless chance; but the cruellest thing of all was thatin fact it made no great difference. The world went on, and no one was a pennythe worse for all that wretchedness. I had an idea that Dirk, a man of greateremotional reactions than depth of feeling, would soon forget; and Blanche'slife, begun with who knows what bright hopes and what dreams, might just aswell have never been lived. It all seemed useless and inane.
这一句itseemed to me cruel that it should have been broken to pieces by a ruthlesschance 中，shouldhave been broken = should have done/been done 是推断还是虚拟语气呢？如何理解其使用方法和含义？
另外，butnot with him so much as with myself. 可否说成 but not so much with him as with myself. 呢？
noone was a penny the worse 如何理解这一结构和含义？ who knows 是插入语吗？为何是have never been lived被动语态呢？
1 it seemed tome cruel that it should have been broken to pieces by a ruthless chance
这是推定式should在that从句中表示不可思议、很难置信的感情色彩。是传统语法虚拟语气的范畴。假如用陈述语气，则为平铺直叙，不带感情色彩：
it seemed to mecruel that it had been broken to pieces by a ruthless chance.
2 but not withhim so much as with myself 也可以说成 but not so much with him as with myself.
3 The world wenton, and no one was a penny the worse for all that wretchedness.
no one was apenny the worse: 没人比以前更糟。the在此为副词，强调比较级。a penny 修饰the worse, 表示程度。for all=in spite of : 尽管...
4 might just aswell have done sth: 还不如/倒不如（没）做某事。
A phrase used todiscuss a hypothetical alternative that would have had results just as negativeor unpleasant as what actually happened.
Blanche's life mightjust as well have never been lived.
live可将来接同源宾语，比如 live a happy life. 本句同源宾语life作主语，live用被动语态。你要结合主语去理解被动语态。一个过去分词短语作定语，分隔了主语和谓语动词，你就不认识了。这就是你阅读时的老问题——不是结合语境理解句义和结构。典型的一叶障目。
5 who knows whatbright hopes and what dreams
who knows what +名词，某个/某些东西，没人了解的东西。比如 He came in, with who knows what book inhis hand. 他进去了，手里拿着某本书/不知什么书。who knows what 作名词的定语。
