One northerner wrote: It was said hundreds of years ago that a house divided against itself cannot stand. The truth of this saying is written on every page in history.

" 几百年前有人，庭不睦，万事不兴。历史鉴证了这句话的真谛。

" What did you see? " I said - and there was no question in my flat, uncaring voice.

“你看见了什么？”我道——但我波澜不兴，漠不关心的声音里没有半点疑问。

" Alice, " I asked slowly, without turning, keeping my voice level. " If I write a letter for my mother, would you give it to her? Leave it at the house, I mean."

“爱丽丝，”我慢吞吞地道，没有头，依然让自己的声音波澜不兴。“如果我给我妈妈写封信，你能把信给她吗？我是，把它留在屋子里。”

We could see the old hall, too, from that point, with its warm rich woods billowing up behind, and the blue waters of the moat lying still under the sunlight.

从那儿我们也看到了那座老厅，它那暖色调的、富丽的木结构建筑在后面耸，下， 平静的壕沟水波不兴。

'True; and nobody can ever be introduced in a ball room. Well, Colonel Fitzwilliam, what do I play next? My fingers wait your orders'.

" 不错；跳舞场里是不兴请人介绍女朋友的。——唔，费茨威廉上校，再叫我弹什么呢？我的手指在等着你吩咐。"

We don't do that around here.

我们这儿不兴这个。

Diane, kids these days don't call.

戴安 现在的孩子都不兴打电话了。

697--- I knew nobody beyond my own party. - Nobody can be introduced at a ball.

当时舞会上除了自己人，我谁都不认识 - 舞会里是不兴请人介绍女伴的。