When dinner was announced, Mr John took down an old lady like a crimson pincushion stuffed with banknotes, who might have been the identical old lady of Threadneedle Street, she was so rich and looked so unaccommodating.

• 当宣布开饭的时候，约翰先生搀着一位老妇人下来。这位老妇人看来好像一个塞满了纸币的深红色插针毡包，活像英格兰银行的化身。她是那么有钱，又那么不随和。