And to cap it all, when Mercedes, with tears in her pretty eyes and a quaver in her throat, could not cajole him into giving the dogs still more, she stole from the fish-sacks and fed them slyly.

• 更糟的是，美茜子漂亮的眼里含着泪水，喉咙发着颤，劝他再加点狗食，要劝不住，她就从装鱼的袋子里偷出一些暗中喂他们。