Now that Tigress was big with child, she was afraid even to go out shopping for fear of a miscarriage. With Xiangzi out the whole day and Joy keeping away, she was as lonely as a house-chained dog.

• 虎妞的身子已不大方便，连上街买趟东西都怕有些失闪，而祥子一走就是一天，小福子又不肯过来，她寂寞得象个被拴在屋里的狗。