There reigns peace and quiet in the midst of noisy bustle. It is a world of its own on earth.

它可能是条现代乌衣巷，家家有自己本哀，部兴衰史，可是重门叠户，讳莫如深，夕阳影里，野花闲草，燕子低飞，寻觅家。

It was a matter upon which he was reticent, and with persons of his kind a direct question is never very discreet.

这是个他讳莫如深话题；对于像他这样接问这类事也是很不谨慎。

He could not confide them even to his wife, although they provide the unacknowledged foundation of his fiction.

他甚至对自己妻子也讳莫如深，尽管这些经历为他小说莫定了潜在性基础。

Though it's been widely reported that this inaugural iteration of the character was 19 years old, Mattel itself is typically mum on the whole topic.

尽管有大量报道称，第代芭比年龄为 19 岁，但美泰公司对这话题却讳莫如深。