"I wish you could see the wainscoting in that drawing-room, Joe! And those Astrakhan rug portieres.

“我希望你能看到客厅里的护壁板，乔！还有那些阿斯特拉罕的呢子门帘。

And Clementina has such a funny little cough. I hope she is stronger than she looks. Oh, I really am getting attached to her,

克蕾门蒂娜老是有点咳嗽。我希望她的身体比她的外表强健些。喔，我实在越来越喜欢她了，

she is so gentle and high bred. Gen. Pinkney's brother was once Minister to Bolivia."

她那么温柔，人也很有教养。品克奈将军的弟弟一度做过驻波利维亚的公使。”

And then Joe, with the air of a Monte Cristo, drew forth a ten, a five, a two and a one--all legal tender notes—

接着，乔带着基度山伯爵的神气，掏出一张十元、一张五元、一张两元和一张一元的钞票——全是合法的纸币——

and laid them beside Delia's earnings.

把它们放在德丽雅挣来的钱旁边。

"Sold that watercolour of the obelisk to a man from Peoria," he announced overwhelmingly.

“那幅方尖碑的水彩画卖给了一个从庇奥利亚来的人，“他郑重其事地宣布说。

"Don't joke with me," said Delia, "not from Peoria!"

“别跟我开玩笑啦，”德丽雅——“不会是从庇奥利亚来的吧！”

"All the way. I wish you could see him, Dele. Fat man with a woollen muffler and a quill toothpick.

“确实是那儿来的。我希望你能见到他，德丽。一个胖子，围着羊毛围巾，啣着一根翮管牙签。

He saw the sketch in Tinkle's window and thought it was a windmill at first, he was game, though, and bought it anyhow.

他在丁克尔的橱窗里看到了那幅画，起先还以为是座风车呢。他倒很气派，不管三七二十一的，把它买下了。

He ordered another--an oil sketch of the Lackawanna freight depot--to take back with him.

他另外预定了一幅——勒加黄那货运车站的油画——准备带回家去。

Music lessons! Oh, I guess Art is still in it."

我的画，加上你的音乐课！呵，我想艺术还是有前途的。”

"I'm so glad you've kept on," said Delia, heartily. "you're bound to win, dear. Thirty-three dollars!

“你坚持下去，真使我高兴，”德丽雅热切地说。“你一定会成功的，亲爱的。三十三块钱！

We never had so much to spend before. We'll have oysters to-night."

我们从来没有这么多可以花的钱。今晚我们买牡蛎吃。”

"And filet mignon with champignons," said Joe. "Were is the olive fork?"

“加上炸嫩牛排和香菌，“乔说，“肉叉在哪儿？”