They spent a very pleasant forenoon together, and the thing was as good as settled.

它们愉快上午，这件事情解决。

The slow train took the short winter's day and the long winter's night and half another day to go over the ground that the mail-trains cover in a forenoon.

缓慢火车花一整个短日和漫长夜，又花半天时间，才在一个上午走邮车经地方。