She did her best, she asked advice of Mrs. Cornelius, she racked her brain to remember what Hannah did that she left undone, she reboiled, resugared, and restrained, but that dreadful stuff wouldn't 'jell'.
她尽了全力,征询了科尼利厄斯太太书上意见,绞尽脑汁地回忆汉娜做事中有哪些她没有做。她重新烧煮,重新加糖,重新过滤,但那鬼东西就是不“结冻”。