The man placed the salver with the teapot and the sugar basin and the cups on the table and with what really was exasperating deliberation arranged around it plates of bread and butter, cakes, and cookies.

那人把装有茶壶、糖盆和杯子的托盘放在桌子上， 周而复始地摆出几盘面包和黄油、蛋糕和饼干。