When Mother stayed in bed Dilsey would put old clothes on us and let us go out in the rain because she said rain never hurt young folks.

• 如果妈妈躺倒在床上,迪尔西就会让我们加上一件旧衣服,让我们到雨中去玩,因为据她说雨对小孩子并没有什么坏处。