It's not, after all, Lavinia that the young man is supposed to have designs upon.

毕竟，这个年轻人应该图谋的不是拉维尼娅。

Its macadam became gravel, then dirt—moreover, it narrowed and developed a border of maple trees, through which filtered the weltering sun, making its endless experiments with shadow designs upon the long grass.

它的碎石变成了砾石，然后变成了泥土——此外，它变窄了，发展出一片枫树的边界，从中过滤了酷热的阳光，在长长的草地上无休止地尝试着阴影设计。

They had escaped from a plantation in the vicinity of Lamourie, and had been secreted there three weeks They had no evil design upon me, except to frighten me out of my pig.

他们从拉穆里附近的一个种植园逃了出来，在那里被秘密藏了三个星期。 他们对我没有恶意， 只是想吓唬我的猪。

He had therefore freed himself from an Enemy, to whom the errors of his conduct were sufficiently known to make her dangerous, and who was the greatest obstacle to his designs upon Antonia.

因此，他摆脱了一个敌人， 他的行为的错误足以让她变得危险， 这个敌人知道他的行为是危险的， 并且是他对安东尼娅的计划的最大障碍。

To favour your designs upon Antonia, I obligingly make a few civil speeches which mean nothing to the Aunt, and at the end of an hour I find myself upon the brink of Matrimony!

为了支持你对安东尼娅的计划， 我很乐意说几句对姨妈来说毫无意义的客气话， 一个小时后， 我发现自己快要结婚了！

But why did he seek her out, now of all times when she looked her worst? Certainly he had no designs upon her if he had ever had any, and she was beginning to doubt even this.

不过为什么他偏偏在现在她的模样最难看的时候来找她呢？要是说从前他对她有过什么不良企图的话，那么现在他肯定没有，而且连以前到底有没有，她现在在也开始怀疑了。

All this while, Ambrosio was unconscious of the dreadful scenes which were passing so near. The execution of his designs upon Antonia employed his every thought. Hitherto, He was satisfied with the success of his plans.

一直以来，安布罗西奥都没有意识到可怕的景象正在如此近地掠过。他对安东尼娅的计划的执行动用了他的每一个思想。迄今为止，他对自己计划的成功感到满意。