1.Though it is difficult," said Jane, "to guess in what way he can mean to make us the atonement he thinks our due, the wish is certainly to his credit."
【難句解析】make sb. atonement “為某人作出補償”;to one's credit “值得贊揚”;
【句子翻譯】吉英說:“他說要給我們補償,我們雖然猜不出他究竟是什么意思,可是他這一片好意也的確難得。”
2.and it was now some weeks since they had received pleasure from the society of a man in any other colour.
【難句解析】society在這里的意思不是“社會”,而是“結(jié)交、交往”;
【句子翻譯】而這幾個星期以來,穿其他任何顏色的衣服的人,她們都不樂意結(jié)交。