Audiobook Dictation: “So I wrote to the advertiser…”

So I wrote to the advertiser.

于是我给登广告的人写了信。

The reply was written in a sprawling feminine hand.

回信是用一种潦草的女性笔迹写的。

It appeared that the terms would be five guineas; but there was no mention of the length of time which that fee would cover.

看来费用是五几尼；但并没提这笔钱包含多长时间。

I might arrive, it seemed, on Christmas Eve, but there was no hint as to when I was to go, if ever.

看来我可以在圣诞前夜到达，可何时离开——如果还能离开的话——却只字未提。

The whole thing was a trifle odd.

整件事都有点古怪。

There was nothing said about the sort of accommodation which would be provided, nothing about the kind of establishment which was maintained, or the table which was kept.

关于会提供什么样的住处、那是怎样一户人家、伙食如何，都只字未提。

No references were offered or asked for.

既没提供推荐信，也没要求推荐信。

Now it is a remarkable thing that I have always had an extraordinary predilection for the name Madge.

说来也怪，我一向对“玛姬”这个名字有一种特别的偏爱。

And yet, from my boyhood upward, I have desired to meet one. Here was an opportunity offered.

然而，从小我就一直盼着能遇到一位叫这名字的人。现在机会来了。