Meanwhile Alec d'Urberville was whipping his horse and driving the carriage faster and faster downhill.

就在这时，亚历克·德伯正鞭打着马，驾驭着他的马车以越来越快的速度下山。

Such " women" (as they were called) were few in New York, those driving their own carriages still fewer, and the appearance of Miss Fanny Ring in Fifth Avenue at the fashionable hour had profoundly agitated society.

这样的“女人” （她们的称呼）在纽约很少见，开自己的马车的就更少了，范妮·林小姐在时尚的时候出现在第五大道， 引起了社会的极大轰动。