岁月在她过了四十以后就开始飞逝。一眨眼,珞蒂已经六十岁,老板的儿子不讲什么情份,没等她提出,就请她退休。
She made several attempts to find other employment, but her dowdy appearance made her look old and inefficient. For the first time in her life Lottie would gladly have worked for nothing to have some place to go, something to do with her day.
她找了几次工作,但是她邋遢的外表使她看起来又老又没用。珞蒂生平第一次愿意不计报酬只要有个工作,有一个地方可去,有事情可以打发她的日子。
Harry died abroad, in a third-rate hotel, with Bess weeping as hard as if he had left her a fortune. He had left her nothing but his horn. There wasn't even money for her passage home.
哈里死在外国,在一家三流的旅馆里,碧丝哭得像他留给她多大一笔遗产似的。他什么也没留给她,除了那只法国号。她甚至连回国的路费都没有。
Lottie, trapped by the blood tie, knew she would not only have to send for her sister but take her in when she returned. It didn't seem fair that Bess should reap the harvest of Lottie's life-time of self-denial.
珞蒂知道既是同胞手足,她逃不掉得把妹妹给接回国,等她回国后还得收容她。想起她一生克勤克俭,碧丝却来坐享其成,觉得很不公平。
It took Lottie a week to get a bedroom ready, a week of hard work and hard cash. There was everything to do, everything to replace or paint. When she was through the room looked so fresh and new that Lottie felt she deserved it more than Bess.
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