On that cue her mother jumped up and sailed off with the coal scuttle.

她母亲就立即起身，拿起煤斗，不露声色地离开了客厅。

Scullery maids were machines who carried coal scuttles and made fires.

洗碗工是搬运煤斗和生火的机器。

When Becky went downstairs, she was not the same Becky who had staggered up, loaded down by the weight of the coal scuttle.

当贝基下楼时，她已经不是那个被煤斗的重量拖着蹒跚上楼的贝基了。

The only thing would hush her, he always said, was for him to beat the coal scuttle with a poker and sing 'Dixie'.

他总是说，唯一能让她安静下来的方法就是用拨火棍敲打煤斗并唱“迪克西”。