Rosamond became serious too, and slightly meditative; in fact, she was going through many intricacies of lace-edging and hosiery and petticoat-tucking, in order to give an answer that would at least be approximative.

罗莎蒙德也变得严肃起来，还有些沉思。事实上，她多复杂的花边镶边、袜子和衬裙褶皱，以便给出一个至少是近似的答案。