They were a pretty, buxom quartette, so crammed into the carriage that their hoops and flounces overlapped and their parasols nudged and bumped together above their wide leghorn sun hats, crowned with roses and dangling with black velvet chin ribbons.

• 她们是一支健美而活泼的四人小分队，挤在马车里衣裙压着衣裙，阳伞遮着阳伞，连宽边早帽上簪着的红玫瑰和系在下巴颏底下的天鹅绒带子也都在互相碰撞着，纠缠里。