Mammy was a country negro but she had not always been a country negro and she knew that no chaste woman ever rode in a hired conveyance--especially a closed carriage--without the escort of some male member of her family.

• 嬷嬷是个乡下黑人，但她又并不经常住乡下； 她清楚没有哪个体面妇女会坐野鸡车，尤其是轿车的，除非家里有男人在身边护送。