The town's most eligible bachelors get raffled off for dates, and, well, we're short a bachelor.

镇上的钻石王老五们被抽出约会，我们很缺单身汉。

Among the cups on the long table before the sitters lay an open parcel of light drapery—the gown-piece, as it was called—which was to be raffled for.

座位前面有一张长桌，桌上许多酒杯中间放了一个打开来的薄布包裹——所谓的衣料——这就是要摸的彩。