She nodded to the dressmaker, who knew her, and was curtseying respectfully, and seated herself in a low chair beside the looking-glass, draping the folds of her velvet gown picturesquely about her.

• 她向她熟悉的毕恭毕敬地向她行屈膝礼的女时装师点点头，然后在镜子旁边的安乐椅上坐下来，姿态优美地展开她那件天鹅绒连衣裙的褶子。