" It's still a linendraper's, " she said bitterly.
“它仍然是一个 linendraper 的, ” 她苦涩地说。
人生的枷锁(一)
No one could be expected to forget that he was the son of a bankrupt linendraper, and the alcoholism of Cooper seemed to increase the disgrace.
没有人会忘记他是一个破产的布料商的儿子,而库珀的酗酒似乎更让他丢脸。
人生的枷锁(一)
Dr. Fleming had gone to the linendraper his father—they all remembered the shop, Perkins and Cooper, in St. Catherine's Street—and said he hoped Tom would remain with them till he went to Oxford.
At first nobody knew who Perkins was, and the name favourably impressed no one; but before the shock of it had passed away, it was realised that Perkins was the son of Perkins the linendraper.
It was with greater satisfaction that they welcomed his success, since Perkins and Cooper had fallen upon evil days: Cooper drank like a fish, and just before Tom Perkins took his degree the linendrapers filed their petition in bankruptcy.