With every appearance of reluctance at disclosing the unpleasant truth, she would sigh and tell prospective customers that her competitors' lumber was far too high in price, rotten, full of knot holes and in general of deplorably poor quality.

她就做出一副不太情愿揭露事实真相的样子，叹着气告诉一位可能与她成交的顾客，说她的竞争者们的木材价格实在太高，而且都是些烂木头，到处是节孔，总之，质量糟透了。