For the rest of the day Sally made havoc and confusion with his books, and Aleck could not keep her mind on her affairs, not even take up a flower-pot or book or a stick of wood without forgetting what she had intended to do with it.

• 在这一天剩下的时间里，萨利记账记得漏洞百出，艾莱柯也心不在焉，一会儿端起个花盆，一会儿拿起本书，一会儿又拣起块木头，不知道自己要做什么。