" Here comes Ned Moffat. What does he want? " said Laurie, knitting his black brows as if he did not regard his young host in the light of a pleasant addition to the party.

“奈德·莫法了，他要干什么呢？”劳里说时紧锁着黑黑双眉，好像他并不认为这个小东主能为舞会生色。

He certainly did add 'spirit' to the meetings, and 'a tone' to the paper, for his orations convulsed his hearers and his contributions were excellent, being patriotic, classical, comical, or dramatic, but never sentimental.

他确实为会议“生色”，为文章“增光”，因为他使听者震动，而他写文章优美，具有爱国热忱、古典风格，而且风趣幽默、激动人心，但从不多愁善感。