And her maids knew by infallible tokens when Madame Byelov would be deaf again, and when her snuff would again be damp, and her face would again be yellow.

• 使女们一看老夫人的脸色就知道，准是别洛娃又耳背了，或者是鼻烟又太潮了，因此她的脸色又发黄了。