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The second, Louisa, was taller and more elegant in figure, with a very pretty face, of that order the French term minois chiffone.
二女兒路易莎的個子要高些，身材也更加優美，臉長得很不錯，屬于法國人所說的“漂亮可愛的臉蛋”那一類。
Both sisters were fair as lilies.
姐妹倆都像百合花那么白凈。
Lady Lynn was a large and stout personage of about forty, very erect,
林恩夫人四十歲上下，長得又大又胖，腰背筆直，
very haughty-looking, richly dressed in a satin robe of changeful sheen.
一臉傲氣，穿著華麗的閃緞衣服。
Her dark hair shone glossily under the shade of an azure plume, and within the circlet of a band of gems.
烏黑的頭發在一根天藍色羽毛和一圈寶石的映襯下閃閃發光。
Mrs. Colonel Dent was less showy, but, I thought, more lady-like.
登特上校太太不象別人那么招搖，不過我認為更具貴婦風度。
She had a slight figure, a pale, gentle face, and fair hair.
她身材苗條，面容白皙溫和，頭發金黃。
Her black satin dress, her scarf of rich foreign lace,
她的黑色緞子服、華麗的外國花邊圍巾以及珍珠首飾，
and her pearl ornaments, pleased me better than the rainbow radiance of the titled dame.
遠比那位有爵位的貴婦閃光的艷服更賞心悅目。
But the three most distinguished — partly, perhaps, because the tallest figures of the band
但三位最令人矚目的——也許部分是由于她們在這一群人中個子最高
were the Dowager Lady Ingram and her daughters, Blanche and Mary.
是富孀英格拉姆夫人和她的女兒布蘭奇和瑪麗。
They were all three of the loftiest stature of women.
她們是三位個子極高的女人。
The Dowager might be between forty and fifty.
這位太太年齡可能在四十與五十之間。
Her shape was still fine.
但身材依然很好。
Her hair (by candle-light at least) still black. Her teeth, too, were still apparently perfect.
頭發依然烏黑（至少在燭光下）。牙齒也明顯地依然完整無缺。
Most people would have termed her a splendid woman of her age. And so she was, no doubt, physically speaking.
多數人都會把她看成是那個年紀中的美人。以形體而言，她無疑就是這樣。
But then there was an expression of almost insupportable haughtiness in her bearing and countenance.
不過她的舉止和表情顯出一種令人難以容忍的傲慢。
She had Roman features and a double chin, disappearing into a throat like a pillar.
她生就一副羅馬人的臉相。雙下巴連著柱子一樣的脖子。
