Instead of rambling this party had preserved a dignified homogeneity, and assumed to itself the function of representing the staid nobility of the countryside— East Egg condescending to West Egg, and carefully on guard against its spectroscopic gayety.

这伙人不到处转悠，而是正襟危坐，自成一体，并且俨然自封为庄重的农村贵族的代表——东卵人屈尊光临西卵，他们小心翼翼，提防灯红酒绿的欢乐会有损体面。