18.She seldom schemed, but when she did scheme, her plans showed rather the comprehensive strategy of a general than the small arts called womanish, though she could utter oracles of Delphian ambiguity when she did not choose to be direct.
她很少谋划,但一旦有了计划,她的计划显示出一种将帅的
战略,而不是妇道人家的微小计谋,不过当她不愿直截了当时作此考虑时,她却往往能说出特尔斐那样模棱两可的神谕来。