珞蒂费了一个礼拜的时间才整理好一间卧室,一个礼拜的辛苦日和辛苦钱。每样都得做,每样东西都得换新或油漆。等她把一切都弄好之后,那间卧房看起来又新又舒适,珞蒂觉得自己比妹妹更配住这样的一间房。
She would let Bess have her room, but the mattress was so lumpy, the carpet so worn, the curtains so threadbare that Lottie's conscience pricked her. She supposed she would have to redo that room, too, and went about doing it with an eagerness that she mistook for haste.
把她自己的卧室给碧丝住好了。但是床垫垮得太厉害,地毯太破旧,窗帘太褴褛,珞蒂有些于心不安。她想她的卧房也该翻修一下,于是便动手去做,其实是干劲十足,她却自以为是仓促行事。
When she was through upstairs, she was shocked to see how dismal downstairs looked by comparison. She tried to ignore it, but with nowhere to go to escape it, the contrast grew more intolerable.
忙完了楼上,一比,楼下的那般破烂使她愣住了。她假装没看到,但是没有地方可以躲避,楼上楼下的对照越来越不能忍受。
She worked her way from kitchen to parlor, persuading herself she was only putting the rooms to right to give herself something to do. At night she slept like a child after a long and happy day of playing house. She was having more fun than she had ever had in her life. She was living each hour for itself.
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