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an[d] several tiny chessmen joined in the silly fray. Mrs Lind who had just returned and was sampling some grapes she had bought, heard the screams and the crash and arrived at a dancer's run. She soothed the absolutely furious, deeply insulted Mr Hubert before scolding her daughter. He was a dear man, and his life lay in ruins all around him. He wanted [her] to marry him, saying she was the image of the young actress who had been his wife, and indeed to judge by the photographs

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還有幾個小棋子也加入了這場可笑的打斗。林德太太剛回到家，正在品嘗她買回來的葡萄，聽到嘶叫聲和哐啷聲，她邁著舞蹈演員的步子跑了過來。她先是安慰了一番著實氣壞了、也深感被侮辱的休伯特先生，然后斥責了女兒。他是個仁慈的男人，但他的生活已如同一片廢墟。他想娶她為妻，因為她酷似他從前的妻子，一位年輕的女演員，而從照片上看，