His shirts were all in round dozens now, and washed as carefully as old lace.

他的衬衫现在大约有几十件， 洗得像旧花边一样仔细。

Richard called them dog-food horses. Once a year, Luke, Richard and I would help Grandpa round up a dozen or so to take to the auction in town, where they'd be sold for slaughter.

理查德称它们" 狗粮马" 。每年，我、理查德和卢克都会帮爷爷围赶十几匹马，带去镇上的拍卖会，将它们卖掉屠宰。

" Taught you everything you know, I expect, did I? Well, how about those autographs, then? Shall we say a round dozen, you can give them to all your little friends then and nobody will be left out! "

“教了你们所有的知识，是吧？好，你要多少签名？整整一打怎么样，你可以送给所有的小朋友，一个也不漏！”