Aleck was cooking and washing dishes and sweeping and making beds all day and every day, with none to help, for the daughters were being saved up for high society.

• 艾莱柯一天到晚忙着做饭、刷碗、打扫屋子、叠被铺床，天天如此，没人帮她干家务，因为两个女儿都养精蓄锐等着跻身上流社会呢。