He had been working for eight days at teaching a pupil who lived in an odour of sanctity.

他已经工作了八天教一个生活在圣洁气味中的学生。

No, —I exaggerate; I never thought there was any consecrating virtue about her: it was rather a sort of pastille perfume she had left; a scent of musk and amber, than an odour of sanctity.

不，——我夸大了；我从没想过她有什么神圣的美德：这更像是她留下的一种点状香水；麝香和琥珀的香味，而不是圣洁的气味。