" And he also, " asked the Colonel, " is a permanency—like yourself, if I may say so without offence" ?

“而且他也是，”上校问道，“是永久性的——就像你一样，如果我这样说没有冒犯的话”？

" How shall we divide? Won't you go into Ellen's boat, Dick, since, without offence to our guest, you are the better sculler" ?

“我们怎么分？你不去埃伦的船上吗， 迪克，因为在不冒犯我们客人的情况下， 你是更好的划手” ？

'He sleeps! ' said She at length in a low voice, but whose accents the Abbot distinguished perfectly; 'Now then I may gaze upon him without offence!

'他睡！'她终于低声说道，但方丈的口音听得一清二楚。 “现在我可以毫无冒犯地注视他了！

" Well, " quoth I, " I have always been told that a woman is as old as she looks, so without offence or flattery, I should say that you were twenty" .

“好吧，”我说，“我总是被告知，女人的年龄和她看起来的年龄一样大，所以在没有冒犯或奉承的情况下，我应该说你已经二十岁了。”

She resolved to treat him with distant politeness, to decline his services with gratitude for the tender of them, and to make him feel, without offence, that his future visits would be far from acceptable.

她决定对他客客气气，谢绝他的服务，感谢他们的温柔，让他觉得，没有冒犯，他以后的来访是绝对不能接受的。