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Gracious she was. By gracious I mean full of graces. She had an erectness of carriage, an ease of bearing, a poise that clearly indicated the best of breeding,
她溫文爾雅--我這里是指她很有風度。她婷婷玉立，落落大方，泰然自若，一眼就看得出她很有教養。
At table her manners were exquisite.
她進餐時，動作是那樣的優美。
I had seen her at the Kozy Kampus Korner eating the specialty of the housea sandwich that contained scraps of pot roast, gravy, chopped nuts,
我曾看見過她在舒適的校園之角吃名點--塊夾有幾片帶汁的燉肉和碎核桃仁的三明治，
and a dipper of sauerkraut-without even getting her fingers moist.
還有一小杯泡菜--手指兒一點兒也沒有沾濕。
Intelligent she was not. in fact, she veered in the opposite direction. But I believed that under my guidance she would smarten up.
她不聰明，實際上恰好相反。但我相信有我的指導，她會變得聰明的。
At any rate, it was worth a try.It is,after all, easier to make a beautiful dumb girl smart than to make an ugly smart girl beautiful.
無論如何可以試一試，使一個漂亮的笨姑娘變得聰明比使一個聰明的丑姑娘變得漂亮畢竟要容易些。
Petey, I said, are you in love with Polly Espy?
皮蒂，我說，你在跟波利談戀愛吧?
I think she's a keen kid, he replied, but I don't know if you'd call it love. Why?
我覺得她是一個討人喜歡的姑娘，他回答說，但我不知道這是不是就叫做愛情。你問這個干嗎?
Do you, I asked, have any kind of formal arrangement with her? I mean are you going steady or anything like that?
你和她有什么正式的安排嗎?我是說你們是不是常有約會，或者有諸如此類的事情?我問。
No. We see each other quite a bit, but we both have other dates. Why?
沒有，我們常常見面。但我們倆各自有別的約會。你問這個干嘛?
Is there, I asked, any other man for whom she has a particular fondness?
還有沒有別人使她特別喜歡呢?我問道。
Not that I know of. Why?
那我可不知道。你問這些干嗎?
I nodded with satisfaction. In other words, if you were out of the picture, the field would be open. Is that right?
我滿意地點點頭說：這就是說。如果你不在，場地就是空著的。你說是嗎?
