On her general views of her life and times Miss Hall can be frail and evasive. One could wish her to have been less elliptic about the larger issues.

• 就她对自己现实生活的看法来讲，霍尔小姐会很脆弱，且会回避问题。大家真希望她在较大的问题上不要那样三言两语就打发过去。