Audiobook Dictation: “A fresh, wholesome looking boy, was…”

A fresh, wholesome looking boy, was Tom Gates, with steady gray eyes, an intelligent forehead, but a sensitive, rather weak mouth.

湯姆·蓋茨是個看上去清新健康的小夥子，一雙灰眼睛沉穩，額頭顯得聰明，但嘴型敏感，略顯軟弱。

He was of sturdy, athletic build and dressed neatly in a suit that was of coarse material but well brushed and cared for.

他體格結實健壯，穿著一套料子粗糙、但刷得乾乾淨淨、保養得很好的西裝，顯得整潔俐落。

Kenneth decided that he was ill at ease and in a state of dogged self-repression.

肯尼思斷定他侷促不安，正倔強地壓抑著自己。

"We have heard something of your story," said Kenneth, "and are interested in it.

「我們聽說了一些你的事，」肯尼思說，「很感興趣。

"Lucy is very proud.

「露西很要強。

"Yes; she'll worry about me, I know.

「是的，她會為我擔心的，我知道。

"Would you like that?" asked Beth.

「你願意這樣嗎？」貝絲問。

"No, indeed," he replied, frankly.

「當然不願意，」他坦率地答道。

"But it will be best that way.

「但那樣最好。

I had to stand by Lucy--she's so sweet and gentle, and so sensitive.

我得站在露西這邊——她那麼溫柔可親，又那麼敏感。