Miss Bartlett bought huge slabs of cheese and eggs, which she could boil quite well, and many potatoes, and ate them off her knee while she read detective stores through the long evenings.

• 芭特莱特小姐买了好几大块奶酪，鸡蛋，还有很多土豆，她会煮这些东西。她把食物放在膝上，边吃边读侦探小说，来打发漫长的夜晚。