Miss Stepney, in the beginning, had not meant to bring up this point; but Mrs. Peniston had only her own incredulity to blame. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
And, I think, George, we had better not detain Mrs. Stepney any longer. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
But Mrs. Jack Stepney interposed. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
She had sent for Grace Stepney and was taking digitalis. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
The mention of the dinner dispelled Miss Stepney's last scruples. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
But Miss Stepney was on the spot in an instant. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
Miss Farish's heart was a fountain of tender illusions, Miss Stepney's a precise register of facts as manifested in their relation to herself. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
Isn't that what she told Gwen Stepney? 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
Grace Stepney laughed outright. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
Miss Stepney knew exactly what had happened. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
Stepney exclaimed; and Lord Hubert, dropping his single eye-glass, corroborated: It's the Sabrina--yes. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
She isn't, I know; Mrs. Stepney was right; the house is dark, you see: I suppose Gus lives in the back. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
Miss Stepney, when her first fright had subsided, began to feel the superiority that greater breadth of mind confers. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
Lily heard her fling out as the climax of her prognostications; and Stepney responded, as if struck: Jove, that's an idea. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
Draw down the blinds, please; and tell Jennings I will see no one this afternoon but Grace Stepney. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
She advanced to the group about Miss Stepney, and holding out her hand said simply: Dear Grace, I am so glad. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
Think of Grace Stepney's satisfaction if she came in and found us lunching on cold mutton and tea! 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
Jack Stepney intervened with authority. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
Lily has her own income--and I provide for her very handsomely-- Oh, we all know that, interposed Miss Stepney drily. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
It's like being in church, she reflected, wondering vaguely where Gwen Stepney had got such an awful hat. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
Lily would have been surprised to know how many trivial facts concerning herself were lodged in Miss Stepney's head. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
They took their cue from Gwen Stepney and Lulu Melson--I saw them watching to see what Gwen would do. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
Gus is bored by Bertha, Jack Stepney knows her too well--and--well, to be sure, there's Percy Gryce! 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
Stepney, that's your fault for foisting the brute on us. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
Disinherited--she had been disinherited--and for Grace Stepney! 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
I don't suppose you're keeping house in there with Grace Stepney, eh? 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
Miss Van Osburgh was a large girl with flat surfaces and no high lights: Jack Stepney had once said of her that she was as reliable as roast mutton. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
She wondered whether Grace Stepney had gone out of her mind. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
The news of this event was received by her some weeks later, on the occasion of Jack Stepney's marriage to Miss Van Osburgh. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
Why, Miss Stepney herself had not received a penny of her inheritance, and was paying rent--yes, actually! 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.