She had not taken the trouble to understand them then, but now they seemed perfectly clear and she wondered if it had been only her youth or plain stupidity which had kept her from appreciating them.

当时她并没有费心思去理解这些话的意思，可现在它们变得再明白不过了，因此她奇怪为什么当时那样幼稚无知而认识不到呢？