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"I think I had better just look in upon her before any of the ladies go," said Colonel Dent.
"我想女士們進(jìn)去之前還是讓我先去瞧一瞧她吧，"登特上校說。
Tell her, Sam, a gentleman is coming.
告訴她，薩姆，一位紳士來了。
Sam went and returned.
薩姆去了又回來了。
She says, sir, that she'll have no gentlemen. They need not trouble themselves to come near her, nor,
她說，先生，她不見男士。他們不必費(fèi)心去接近她了，還有，
he added,with difficulty suppressing a titter, "any ladies either, except the young, and single."
他好不容易忍住不笑出聲來，補(bǔ)充道"女士們除了年輕單身的也不必見了。"
"By Jove, she has taste!" exclaimed Henry Lynn.
"天吶！，她倒還挺有眼力呢！"亨利．林恩嚷道。
Miss Ingram rose solemnly: "I go first," she said,
英格拉姆小姐一本正經(jīng)地站了起來："我先去，"她說，
in a tone which might have befitted the leader of a forlorn hope, mounting a breach in the van of his men.
那口氣好像她是一位帶領(lǐng)部下突圍的敢死隊(duì)隊(duì)長。
"Oh, my best! oh, my dearest! pause — reflect!" was her mama's cry.
"呵，我的好人兒！呵，我最親愛的！等一等——三思而行！"她媽媽喊道。
But she swept past her in stately silence, passed through the door which Colonel Dent held open, and we heard her enter the library.
但是她堂而皇之一聲不吭地從她身邊走過，進(jìn)了登特上校為她開著的門，我們聽見她進(jìn)了圖書室。
A comparative silence ensued.
接著是一陣相對的沉寂。
Lady Ingram thought it "le cas" to wring her hands, which she did accordingly.
英格拉姆太太認(rèn)為該是搓手的‘lecas’了，于是便搓起手來。
Miss Mary declared she felt, for her part, she never dared venture.
瑪麗小姐宣布，她覺得換了她是不敢冒險的。
Amy and Louisa Eshton tittered under their breath, and looked a little frightened.
艾米和路易莎．埃希頓在低聲竊笑，面有懼色。
The minutes passed very slowly. Fifteen were counted before the library-door again opened.
分分秒秒過得很慢。圖書室的門再次打開時，才數(shù)到十五分鐘。
Miss Ingram returned to us through the arch.
英格拉姆小姐走過拱門回到了我們這里。
Would she laugh? Would she take it as a joke?
她會嗤之以鼻嗎？她會一笑了之？
All eyes met her with a glance of eager curiosity, and she met all eyes with one of rebuff and coldness.
眾人都帶著急切好奇的目光迎著她，她報之以冷漠的眼神。
She looked neither flurried nor merry.
她看上去既不慌張也不愉快。
She walked stiffly to her seat, and took it in silence.
扳著面孔走向自己的座位，默默地坐了下來。
