Genius is said to be self-conscious.
据说天才总有很强的自我意识。
I cannot tell whether Miss Ingram was a genius, but she was self-conscious — remarkably self-conscious indeed.
我无法判断英格拉姆小姐是不是位天才，但是她有自我意识--说实在相当强。
She entered into a discourse on botany with the gentle Mrs. Dent.
她同温文而雅的登特太太谈起了植物。
It seemed Mrs. Dent had not studied that science, though, as she said, she liked flowers, "especially wild ones;"
而登特太太似乎没有研究过那门学问，尽管她说喜爱花卉，"尤其是野花"。
Miss Ingram had, and she ran over its vocabulary with an air.
英格拉姆小姐却是研究过的，而且还神气活现地卖弄植物学字眼。
I presently perceived she was (what is vernacularly termed) TRAILING Mrs. Dent;
我立刻觉察到她在追猎（用行话来表达）登特太太。
That is, playing on her ignorance — her TRAIL might be clever, but it was decidedly not good-natured.
也就是说，在戏弄她的无知。她的追猎也许很讥诮，但决非厚道。
She played: her execution was brilliant.
她弹了钢琴，她的演技很高超。

She sang: her voice was fine;
她唱了歌，她的嗓子很优美。
She talked French apart to her mamma. And she talked it well, with fluency and with a good accent.
她单独同她妈妈讲法语。她讲得很出色，非常流利，语调也正确。
Mary had a milder and more open countenance than Blanche; softer features too,
与布兰奇相比，玛丽的面容显得更温顺坦率，五官更为柔和，
and a skin some shades fairer (Miss Ingram was dark as a Spaniard) — but Mary was deficient in life.
皮肤也要白皙几分（英格拉姆小姐像西班牙人一样黑） — 但玛丽缺乏活力。
Her face lacked expression, her eye lustre.
面部少有表情，眼目不见光泽。
She had nothing to say, and having once taken her seat, remained fixed like a statue in its niche.
她无话可说，一坐下来，便像壁龛里的雕像那样，一动不动。
The sisters were both attired in spotless white.
姐妹俩都穿着一尘不染的素装。