Other than that, not much, and there seldom was liquor in the house, except for a bottle of brandy she had bought once in some vague spasm of hope for romance in their country lives.

• 除此之外平时很少喝家里也几乎不放酒,除了有一瓶白兰地,那是她有一次忽然心血来潮,隐隐地希望在乡村生活中有点浪漫情调而买的。