Mrs. van der Luyden's portrait by Huntington (in black velvet and Venetian point) faced that of her lovely ancestress.

亨廷顿 (Huntington) 为范德卢登夫人画的肖像（用黑色天鹅绒和威尼斯点饰）面对着她可爱的女祖父的肖像。

He wanted to thank her for having been to see his mother, but under the ancestress's malicious eye he felt himself tongue-tied and constrained.

他想感谢她来看他的母亲，但在老祖宗恶狠狠的目光下， 他感觉自己张口结舌， 束手无策。

She was forty, but looked ten years younger; she had the delicate beauty of her ancestress painted by Nattier which, owing to Elliott himself, now hung in one of the great American collections; and her sexual voracity was insatiable.

但看起来年轻了十岁； 她有纳蒂尔 (Nattier) 画的她祖先的精致美感， 由于埃利奥特 (Elliott) 本人， 这幅画现在挂在美国最伟大的收藏之一中； 她四十岁了， 她的性欲贪得无厌。