In the evenings, she would take a stool outside the yard to a breezy spot and stay there until everyone else had gone to bed, for she thought it beneath her to chat with them.

• 到了晚上，她拿着个小板凳到街门外有风的地方去坐着，直到院中的人差不多都睡了才进来，她不屑于和大家闲谈。