" He shall be attended to, " answered poor Archie, who was trying to bring up the little marplot with the success of most parents and guardians.

“他会得到照顾的，”可怜的阿奇回答说，他正在努力像大多数父母和监护人一样成功地抚养小马普洛特。

" No, Steve has been very good, but I know he had rather be with Kitty Van, so of course I feel like a marplot, though he is too polite to hint it" .

“不，史蒂夫一直很好，但我知道他更愿意和基蒂范在一起，所以我当然觉得自己像个笨蛋，尽管他太客气了，没有暗示这一点。”