Audiobook Dictation: “They asked him to come to…”

They asked him to come to see them in Chelsea, and they spoke very tenderly of Hilda.

他們請他到切爾西去看他們，說起希爾達時語氣十分溫柔。

There aren't many such left.

這樣的人已經不多了。

American tours have spoiled them, I'm afraid.

恐怕是美國巡演把他們給慣壞了。

They have all grown very smart.

他們全都變得非常時髦了。

Lamb wouldn't care a great deal about many of them, I fancy."

我想，蘭姆對他們當中很多人不會太在意的。」

Alexander went back to Bedford Square a second Sunday afternoon.

亞歷山大在第二個星期天下午又去了貝德福德廣場。

He had a long talk with MacConnell, but he got no word with Hilda alone, and he left in a discontented state of mind.

他和麥康奈爾長談了一番，卻沒能和希爾達單獨說上一句話，只好滿心不快地離開了。

For the rest of the week he was nervous and unsettled, and kept rushing his work as if he were preparing for immediate departure.

那一週餘下的日子裡，他心神不寧，總是匆匆趕工，彷彿準備馬上動身似的。

On Thursday afternoon he cut short a committee meeting, jumped into a hansom, and drove to Bedford Square.

星期四下午，他提前結束了一場委員會會議，跳上一輛雙輪馬車，直奔貝德福德廣場。

He sent up his card, but it came back to him with a message scribbled across the front.

他遞上名片，名片卻被退了回來，正面潦草地寫著一句話。