A week after her birth the young mother, who, as the phrase is, had been doing well, suddenly betrayed alarming symptoms, and before another week had elapsed Austin Sloper was a widower.

一直表现良好， 突然出现了令人担忧的症状， 而在又一周过去之前， 奥斯汀·斯洛珀 (Austin Sloper) 成了一名鳏夫。