Catherine did not say to herself in the dark, " My dress only" ? Mrs. Penniman's announcement struck her by its richness, not by its meagreness.

凯瑟琳没有在黑暗中对自己说，“我的裙子而已”？彭尼曼夫人的声明让她震惊的是它的丰富性，而不是它的贫乏性。

Misfortune had struck them gracefully, cutting off their erratic histories with a catastrophic dash, instead of, as with many, attenuating each life to an uninteresting meagreness, through long years of wrinkles, neglect, and decay.

厄运很客气地降临到他们身上，通过灾难性地一击，将他们两人游移不定的生命割断，而不是让他们像许多人那样，经过布满皱纹、被人遗忘、衰老腐朽的漫长岁月，把生命逐渐耗竭到枯燥无味的尽头。

This was because she knew few words and believed in none, and in the world she was rather silent, contributing just her share of urbane humor with a precision that approached meagreness.

这是因为她识字不多，也不相信任何字眼，而且在这个世界上，她相当沉默，只是以近乎贫乏的精确度贡献出她那份彬彬有礼的幽默。