To curl her hair, put on a crinoline, and sing songs to attract her husband would have seemed to her as strange as to deck herself up so as to please herself.

• 她认为，梳上蓬松的卷发，穿上时髦的连衣裙，唱着抒情的歌曲，以此来取得丈夫的欢心，就像自得其乐地把自己梳妆打扮一番一样可笑。