She had four dinky sets , with awfully pretty stitchery , three garments and nighties extra , and each set slotted with different coloured ribbons , rosepink , pale blue , mauve and peagreen and she aired them herself and blued them when they came home from the wash and ironed them and she had a brickbat to keep the iron on because she wouldn t trust those washerwomen as far as she d see them scorching the things 凡是晓得甜蜜的十七岁格蒂已经同十七岁永远告别了那种怔忡不安的热望和恐惧的人，难道忍心去责备她吗，她有四套绣得非常精致的出门穿的衣服，三件家常穿的，另外还有几件睡衣。每套出门穿的衣服都分别缀着各色缎带：有玫瑰色淡蓝色紫红色和豆青色的。每穿一次，她总是亲自晾晒。
