1. Her manners had all the elegance which her husband's wanted.

【難句解析】wanted這里的意思是“缺乏的”；

【句子翻譯】她丈夫缺少的優雅舉止，她倒一應俱全。

2.Conversation however was not wanted, for Sir John was very chatty, and Lady Middleton had taken the wise precaution of bringing with her their eldest child, a fine little boy about six years old, by which means there was one subject always to be recurred to by the ladies in case of extremity...

【難句解析】in case of extremity意思是“實在無話可說時”；

【句子翻譯】不管怎樣，話兒還是沒有少說，因為約翰爵士喜好閑聊，而且米德爾頓夫人也有先見之明，帶來了她的大孩于。他是個六歲上下的小男孩，這就是說，一旦談話陷入僵局，他可以成為太太小姐們反復提及的話題。