As I came out into the passage leading to the zenana I found my sister-in-law, standing near a window overlooking the reception rooms, peeping through the venetian shutter.

当我走到通往 zenana 通道时，我发现我嫂子站在一扇俯瞰接待户附近，透过百叶向外窥视。

I never liked the way my husband had of talking on this subject, but that is not the reason why I refused to leave the zenana. His grandmother was still alive.

我从喜欢我丈夫谈论这个话题方式，但这是我拒 zenana 原因。他祖母还活着。

Ever since my arrival, Nikhil's sitting-room had become a thing amphibious—half women's apartment, half men's: Bimala had access to it from the zenana, it was not barred to me from the outer side.

自从我到达后，尼基尔起居就变成了两栖东西——一半是女人公寓，一半是男人：比马拉可以从 zenana 进入它，从外面对我来说是没有障碍。