He was simply in disbelief. Usually very agreeable, he now quit speaking altogether and no amount of words could penetrate the vacant expression he wore on his face.

他就是不能相信父这一事实。通常，他是一个令人愉快的人，现在却一言不发，无论说多少话都不能透过他木然的脸部表情了解他的心事。

There was something about this immobile man which frightened her, so that now the thought of marrying him was fearful.

这个木然不动的男人身有些叫她恐惧的地，因此她现在觉得那种同他做夫妻的念头是可怕的。

Her mind stood still as if paralyzed for a long, breathless instant, and then raced forward.

她的思想木然不动，默无声息，仿佛瘫痪了似的。好一会才继续向前奔跑。

The others could not lift their eyes from their plates without meeting the wooden stare of the unhappy and misplaced edifice.

其他人都无法将目光从盘子， 而没有看到这座不幸和错位的大厦木然的凝视。

For a moment Shae did not speak. The only sound was the cricket, chirping, chirping. " Beg pardon, m'lord, " she said at last, in a heavy wooden voice. " I never meant to be impudent" .

好一阵子，雪伊没有说话，四下只听见蟋蟀啾鸣。" 请原谅，大人，" 最后，她用低沉木然的声音道，" 我不是故意放肆。"

Was it the calm of despair, the stolidity of desperation, or the cool and restrained energy of a noble and refined courage?

这是绝望中的平静， 是孤注一掷的木然，还是高贵而优雅的勇气所展现出的冷静与克制之力？