他的妻子瓊是一個健壯、淺薄的女人，也是孩子們隨和的母親。當(dāng)她一聽說自己高貴的地位時，便立刻想入非非，暗自打算為她的年輕漂亮的女兒找一個顯赫、門當(dāng)戶對的婆家。 And no sooner had Joan, his handsome, shallow-minded wife, the easy-going mother of his many children, heard of her exalted estate than her romantic soul began secretly to devise a brilliant and fitting alliance for her beautiful young daughter.
她看到自己辦公桌上又是一堆要處理的東西就暗自叫苦。 She groaned inwardly as she saw the fresh pile of work on her desk.
