The Munroe girls rushed up to exclaim over her dress, and she was speedily the centre of a circle of voices that rose higher and higher in efforts to be heard above the din.

• 曼罗家的姑娘们冲上来夸她的衣服，她很快就被人围了一圈，成了这些人谈话的中心，而且话音越来越高，努力想压过喧闹声而使人能够听见。