I'd never heard him speak in that lambent tone before. Usually, it was I who teetered on the fringes of propriety.

我从来没听过他用这种机巧语气说。，我是那个在得体与否边缘踉踉跄跄人。

On the mast already I see the light play of a lambent St. Elmo's fire; the outstretched sail catches not a breath of wind, and hangs like a sheet of lead.

我已经在桅杆上看到了圣埃尔莫柔和火；展开帆没有一丝风， 像一张铅片一样悬挂着。

She was no longer the same as in the independent days, when her intellect played like lambent lightning over conventions and formalities which he at that time respected, though he did not now.

不再是独立时代那个时代，那时智像一道柔和闪电，超越了他当时所尊重习俗和形式，尽管他现在不尊重了。

It was almost eleven when I said I was going to sleep and said goodnight to my parents and theguests. " What about Marzia? " asked my father, that unmistakable lambent look in his eyes. Tomorrow, I replied.

将近十一点，我说自己要去睡觉了，便向父母和客人道晚安。“马尔齐亚怎么样？”父亲问，眼神中是确切无误柔和。明天再说，我回答。