His mother's taciturnity was not without ominousness, but he appeared not to care.
母亲的沉默有一种不祥预兆,可是似乎根本没在意。
She had obviously not heard anything to her advantage: and it seemed to me, from her prolonged fit of gloom and taciturnity, that she herself, notwithstanding her professed indifference, attached undue importance to whatever revelations had been made her.
她显然没有听到任何对她有利的消息:从她长时间的忧郁和沉默中,我觉得她自己,尽管她公开表示漠不关心,但对她所得到的任何启示都过分重视。