" Those gentlemen have put themselves to a useless expense."

“那些先生们让自己付出了无用的代价。”

" Now that I know everything, my friend! Ah! that's very good. But go on, go on. First, though, let me tell you that those gentlemen have put themselves to a useless expense" .

" 现在，我已经全部都知道了，老兄！喏，这没什么，好吧，你讲下去吧，不过先让我说一句，那些老爷们把钱给白花了。"

He was flattered at Suzanne's thoughtfulness for his comfort-it was true, there was nothing agreeable in going out into the street and finding a taxi on a cold winter night-and he approved of her disinclination to put him to useless expense.

他为苏珊娜的体贴而感到受宠若惊——这是真的， 在寒冷的冬夜出门到街上找一辆出租车并没有什么令人愉快的——他也赞同她不愿让他付出无用的代价。