The hall was at present occupied by two deplorably sober men and their highly indignant wives.

前厅里此刻有两个毫无醉客和他们怒气冲天太太。

With every appearance of reluctance at disclosing the unpleasant truth, she would sigh and tell prospective customers that her competitors' lumber was far too high in price, rotten, full of knot holes and in general of deplorably poor quality.

就做出一副不太愿揭露事实真相样子，叹着气告诉一位可能与顾客，说竞争者们木材价格实在太高，而且都是些烂木头，到处是节孔，总之，质量糟透了。