Audiobook Dictation: “The last two days of the…”

The last two days of the voyage Bartley found almost intolerable.

航程的最后两天，巴特利觉得几乎难以忍受。

The stop at Queenstown, the tedious passage up the Mersey, were things that he noted dimly through his growing impatience.

在昆士敦的停靠，沿默西河而上的冗长航行，他都在日益增长的焦躁中只模糊地留意到。

He had planned to stop in Liverpool; but, instead, he took the boat train for London.

他原打算在利物浦停留；但他却搭上了开往伦敦的港口联运火车。

Emerging at Euston at half-past three o'clock in the afternoon, Alexander had his luggage sent to the Savoy and drove at once to Bedford Square.

下午三点半在尤斯顿站下车后，亚历山大让人把行李送到萨沃伊酒店，自己立刻乘车前往贝德福德广场。

When Marie met him at the door, even her strong sense of the proprieties could not restrain her surprise and delight.

玛丽在门口迎接他时，即便她向来极重礼数，也掩不住惊喜。

The room was empty when he entered.

他进去时，房间里空无一人。

A coal fire was crackling in the grate and the lamps were lit, for it was already beginning to grow dark outside.

壁炉里煤火噼啪作响，灯也已点亮，因为外面天色已开始暗下来了。

Alexander did not sit down.

亚历山大没有坐下。

"Oh, what a grand thing to happen on a raw day!

“哦，在这样阴冷的日子里，竟有这样的好事！

I felt it in my bones when I woke this morning that something splendid was going to turn up.

今早醒来时，我骨子里就感觉到会有什么美妙的事发生。