the Marquise de T shrank from buying an item of furniture for which the bidding was led by Madame D, the most elegant and most celebrated adulteress of our age;

• t侯爵夫人正在犹豫要不要把d夫人一个劲儿在抬价的那件家具买下来；d夫人是当代最风流最有名的荡妇。