She would have liked to do it in an agreeable way , for she was still a good - natured wench , and it bored her to cause others pain , especially in the present instance where the man was a cuckold . the mere thought of his being that had ended by rousing her sympathies 她想用友善的方法，因為她是一個善良女子，她覺得給別人制造痛苦，也給自己帶來煩惱何況他還是個戴綠帽子的人，想到這里，她的心軟下來了。
The sole resource that presented itself to the old count as the obvious thing to do was to enter the government service , and he had come to petersburg to seek a post and at the same time , as he said , to let his poor wenches enjoy themselves for the last time 老伯爵顯然以為，唯一的接濟家庭的辦法，就是在機關供職，于是他來到彼得堡謀求差事，正如他所說的那樣，要謀差事，同時要最后一次讓姑娘們感到點快慰。
Some sceneshifters who came out smoking their pipes between the acts brushed rudely against them , but neither one nor the other ventured to complain . three big wenches with untidy hair and dirty gowns appeared on the doorstep . they were munching apples and spitting out the cores , but the two men bowed their heads and patiently braved their impudent looks and rough speeches , though they were hustled and , as it were , soiled by these trollops , who amused themselves by pushing each other down upon them 幕間休息時，一些置景工出來抽煙斗，把他倆撞了一下，誰也不敢吱聲，三個披頭散發身著臟裙子的高個子姑娘來到門口，啃著蘋果，把果核隨地亂吐他們耷拉著腦袋，忍受著她們放肆無禮的目光和粗俗不堪的話語的侮辱，他們被這些臭娘兒們濺污弄臟了衣服，她們故意擠到他們身上，推推搡搡，還覺得這樣做挺有趣呢。
Children was heeling it ahead of the mob , screaming and trying to get out of the way ; and every window along the road was full of women s heads , and there was nigger boys in every tree , and bucks and wenches looking over every fence ; and as soon as the mob would get nearly to them they would break and skaddle back out of reach 每一棵樹上都有黑人小孩扒在上面。還有許多黑人男男女女從柵欄里往外張望。每次只要這群暴徒逼攏來，他們便倉惶逃散，退到老遠老遠的去處。
