It was showered and flounced with cream-colored Chantilly lace that had come from Charleston on the last blockader, and Maybelle was flaunting it as saucily as if she and not the famous Captain Butler had run the blockade.

• 衣服上镶着大量奶油色的上等花边，那是从查尔斯顿最后一艘封锁舰上弄来的，梅贝尔为此大肆炫耀，仿佛干这次偷越封锁线买卖的不是大名鼎鼎的巴特勒船长而是她自己呢。