He could not hope for a meal at ruth s , for she was away to san rafael on a two weeks visit ; and for very shame s sake he could not go to his sister s 到露丝家去吃已没有希望，因为露丝已到圣拉非尔做客去了。要去两个礼拜。他也不能到姐姐家去，因为太不好意思。
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Ruth s two girl - cousins were visiting her from san rafael , and mrs . morse , under pretext of entertaining them , was pursuing her plan of surrounding ruth with young people 露丝的两个表姐妹从圣拉非水来看她，莫尔斯太太便以招待她俩为由执行起用年轻人包围露丝的计划。
