There, you two chickadees, good night for now.If you want, I'll subtract an hour from tomorrow's session, but I hope you won't be that picayune.

好吧，你们这两只山雀，现在晚安。如果你愿意，我会从明天的课程中减去一个 小时，但我希望你不要那么小气。

He received his compensation, and usually I also returned with many picayunes jingling in my pockets—the extra contributions of those to whose delight I had administered.

他收到了他的报酬，通常我也会带着许多 picayunes 在我的口袋里叮当作响——那些我管理过的人的额外贡献。

I expect reasonable criticism, indeed enjoy it. But picayune comments find me most ungrateful. And now, old friends, you may call it an evening, or call it anything you like.

我期待着合理的批评，而且很享受这种批评。但那些浅薄琐碎的评论，对我来说是不知好歹。现在，老朋友们，你们可以称它为一个晚上，或者你们喜欢叫它什么都行。(译注：youmaycallitanevening是今晚就到此为止的意思。赛斯在此耍他的幽默)。

I had but a few picayunes—the proceeds of my fiddling performances, but all I had in the world I promised him if he would do me the favor required.

我只有一些小花絮——我的小提琴表演的收益，但我已经向他保证， 如果他愿意帮我一个忙的话。