She had left the house in a hurry on her unlooked-for journey to London, and the whole of her glittering toilette apparatus lay about on the marble dressing-table.

• 她匆匆忙忙离开府邸，作她那没有意料到的伦敦之行，整套闪闪发光的梳妆用具散乱地放在大理石梳妆台上。