Mrs. Sparsit was conscious that by coming in the evening-tide among the desks and writing implements, she shed a feminine, not to say also aristocratic, grace upon the office.

• 斯巴塞太太意识到，在黄昏时候来到这成了文具的写字台中间，她就能放射出她那种女性的、用不着说是很高贵的光芒，使办公室四壁增辉。