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."
【难句解析】make sb. atonement “为某人作出补偿”;to one's credit “值得赞扬”;
【句子翻译】吉英说:“他说要给我们补偿,我们虽然猜不出他究竟是什么意思,可是他这一片好意也的确难得。”
2.and it was now some weeks since they had received pleasure from the society of a man in any other colour.
【难句解析】society在这里的意思不是“社会”,而是“结交、交往”;
【句子翻译】而这几个星期以来,穿其他任何颜色的衣服的人,她们都不乐意结交。