" I have always thought, " he said reflectively, " that the system of mourning, of immuring women in crepe for the rest of their lives and forbidding them normal enjoyment is just as barbarous as the Hindu suttee" .

" 我常常想，" 他沉思道，" 服丧制度，让女人披着黑纱关在屋子里度过下的生，这像印度寡妇**殉夫样的野蛮。"

" Settee" ? He laughed and she blushed for her ignorance. She hated people who used words unknown to her.

" **殉夫？" 他笑了笑，因为自己的无知而脸红了，恨那些说起话来叫听不懂的人。