She had never had to sew tiny rows of silk ruffles in the lining of her basques, as most sixteen-year-old girls did, to give their figures the desired curves and fullness.

她从不用像大多数１６岁的姑娘们那样，在胸衣的衬里中缝上小排小排的丝棉**满和曲线分明。

I then went out and sat in the west verandah. A silk-cotton tree, which had shed all its leaves, stood there in the distance, like a skeleton. Behind it the crescent moon was setting.

遂出去坐西廊。远处，一棵落尽了叶子的丝棉树，像一具枯骨似的矗立在那里。在它的后面，新月正在落下。