" Mama, it was because of those things that came out about Alice Adams" .

“妈妈，这是因为关于爱丽丝亚当斯的那些事情”。

But why had it been her instinct to show him an Alice Adams who didn't exist?

但为什么她的本能是给他看一个不存在的爱丽丝·亚当斯？

" What does it matter whether poor little Alice Adams goes to a dance or not" ?

“可怜的小爱丽丝·亚当斯去不去跳舞有什么关系” ？

" Oh, I shouldn't put it quite that way about Alice Adams, " she said, in a low voice.

“哦，关于爱丽丝·亚当斯， 我不应该那样说， ” 她低声说。

Evidently the matron had no intention of appearing to her world in the light of a chaperone for Alice Adams; and she finally made this clear.

显然，这位主妇无意以爱丽丝·亚当斯的监护人的身份出现在她的世界里。她终于说清楚了。

What appeared to be the desired result was a false-coloured image in Russell's mind; but if he liked that image he wouldn't be liking Alice Adams; nor would anything he thought about the image be a thought about her.

罗素心目中看似想要的结果是一个错误的彩色图像；但如果他喜欢那个形象，他就不会喜欢爱丽丝·亚当斯了；他对这个形象的任何想法也不会想到她。

He was content to supply mere cues, for although he had little coquetry of his own, he had lately begun to find that the only interesting moments in his life were those during which Alice Adams coquetted with him.

他满足于仅仅提供一些暗示，因为虽然他自己没有什么撒娇的能力，但他最近开始发现他生命中唯一有趣的时刻就是爱丽丝·亚当斯向他撒娇的那些时刻。