She was a dark, unenduring little flower—yet he thought he detected in her some quality of spiritual reticence, of strength drawn from her passive acceptance of all things.

她是一朵阴暗、不耐久的小花——但他认为他在她身上发现了某种精神上的沉默寡言， 以及从她对一切事物的被动接受中汲取的力量。