Mrs. van der Luyden glanced at her husband, who glanced back at her.
范德盧頓太太瞥了丈夫一眼，他也回頭瞥了她一眼。

"It is the principle that I dislike," said Mr. van der Luyden. "As long as a member of a well-known family is backed up by that family it should be considered-- final."
“我不喜歡那種做法，”范德盧頓先生說?！爸灰錾砻T的人受到家族的支持，就應(yīng)該把這種支持看作是——永遠不變的?！?/P>

"It seems so to me," said his wife, as if she were producing a new thought.
“我也有同感，”他妻子仿佛提出一種新觀點似地說。

"I had no idea," Mr. van der Luyden continued, "that things had come to such a pass." He paused, and looked at his wife again. "It occurs to me, my dear, that the Countess Olenska is already a sort of relation-- through Medora Manson's first husband. At any rate, she will be when Newland marries." He turned toward the young man. "Have you read this morning's Times, Newland?"
“我原來并不知道，”范德盧頓先生接著說，“事情已經(jīng)到了如此尷尬的地步?！彼Ｗ≡掝^，又看了看妻子?！拔蚁?，親愛的，奧蘭斯卡伯爵夫人已經(jīng)算是親戚了 ——通過梅多拉·曼森的第一位丈夫。不管怎么說，等紐蘭結(jié)了婚，她總算是個親戚了?！彼洲D(zhuǎn)向年輕人說：“你讀過今天上午的《時報》了嗎，紐蘭？”

"Why, yes, sir," said Archer, who usually tossed off half a dozen papers with his morning coffee.
“當然，讀過了，先生，”阿切爾說，他通常在早晨喝咖啡時匆匆翻閱報紙。

Husband and wife looked at each other again. Their pale eyes clung together in prolonged and serious consultation; then a faint smile fluttered over Mrs. van der Luyden's face. She had evidently guessed and approved.
丈夫與妻子又互相對視了一下。他們的淺色眼睛交匯在一起，進行了長時間的認真協(xié)商；接著，一絲笑意掠過范德盧頓太太的面龐，她顯然已經(jīng)猜到結(jié)果并且也已經(jīng)同意了。

Mr. van der Luyden turned to Mrs. Archer. "If Louisa's health allowed her to dine out--I wish you would say to Mrs. Lovell Mingott--she and I would have been happy to--er--fill the places of the Lawrence Leffertses at her dinner." He paused to let the irony of this sink in. "As you know, this is impossible." Mrs. Archer sounded a sympathetic assent. "But Newland tells me he has read this morning's Times; therefore he has probably seen that Louisa's relative, the Duke of St. Austrey, arrives next week on the Russia. He is coming to enter his new sloop, the Guinevere, in next summer's International Cup Race; and also to have a little canvasback shooting at Trevenna." Mr. van der Luyden paused again, and continued with increasing benevolence: "Before taking him down to Maryland we are inviting a few friends to meet him here--only a little dinner--with a reception afterward. I am sure Louisa will be as glad as I am if Countess Olenska will let us include her among our guests." He got up, bent his long body with a stiff friendliness toward his cousin, and added: "I think I have Louisa's authority for saying that she will herself leave the invitation to dine when she drives out presently: with our cards--of course with our cards."
范德盧頓先生轉(zhuǎn)向阿切爾太太說：“假如路易莎的健康狀況允許她外出赴宴——希望你轉(zhuǎn)告洛弗爾·明戈特太太——我和她會很愉快地出席她家的宴會——呃 ——去補勞倫斯·萊弗茨夫婦的缺。”他停頓一下，以便讓大家領(lǐng)會其中的諷刺意味。“不過你知道，這是不可能的。”阿切爾太太同情地應(yīng)了一聲表示贊同?！安贿^紐蘭告訴我他已讀過上午的《時報》；因此他可能已經(jīng)發(fā)現(xiàn)，路易莎的親戚圣奧斯特利公爵下周將乘俄羅斯號抵達紐約。他是來為他的帆船幾內(nèi)維亞號參加明年夏天的國際杯比賽進行登記的。他還要在特里文納打一陣野鴨?！狈兜卤R頓先生又停頓了一下，益發(fā)慈祥地接著說：“在說服他去馬里蘭之前，我們準備請幾位朋友在這兒見見他——只不過是個小型宴會——事后還要舉行歡迎會。如果奧蘭斯卡伯爵夫人肯做我們的客人，我相信路易莎會跟我一樣高興的、”他站了起來，以生硬的友好態(tài)度向表妹彎了彎他那修長的身體，又說道：“我想我可以代表路易莎說，她馬上就要乘車外出，親自遞送宴會請柬，還有我們的名片——當然還有我們的名片。”