It would never do to appear sedate and elderly before Melanie's sweet youthfulness. The lavender barred muslin was beautiful with those wide insets of lace and net about the hem, but it had never suited her type.

可千万不能在媚兰那娇嫩姿色前显得稳重和老气呀！那件淡紫色条纹细棉面，配镶边和网缘，倒十分漂亮，可这身段很不合适。

Less repose was visible in his face than in Eustacia's, but the same luminous youthfulness overspread it, and the least sympathetic observer would have felt at sight of him now that he was born for a higher destiny than this.

他脸看去不像游苔莎那样安详，不过同样焕发着年轻人光彩，即使最没有同情心旁观者现在看到他，也会觉得他不应该有这样结局。