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Seventeen,THE EVIDENCE OF RHODA DAWES,Rhoda Dawes came out of Debenham’s and stood meditatively ¹ upon the pavement. Indecisionwas written all over her face. It was an expressive ² face; each fleeting ³ emotion showed itself in aquickly varying expression.,Quite plainly at this moment Rhoda’s face said: “Shall I or shan’t I? I’d like to … But perhapsI’d better not…. ”,The commissionaire said, “Taxi, Miss?” to her hopefully.,Rhoda shook her head.,Chaotic ⁷ odds ⁸ and ends of thoughts flashed through her mind.,“After all, why shouldn’t I? She asked me to—but perhaps it’s just a thing she says to everyone… She doesn’t mean it to be taken seriously … Well, after all, Anne didn’t want me. She made itquite clear she’d rather go with Major Despard to the solicitor ⁹ man alone … And why shouldn’tshe? I mean, three is a crowd … And it isn’t really any business of mine … It isn’t as though Iparticularly wanted to see Major Despard … He is nice, though … I think he must have fallen forAnne. Men don’t take a lot of trouble unless they have … I mean, it’s never just kindness….
”,A messenger boy bumped into Rhoda and said, “Beg pardon, Miss,” in a reproachful tone.,“Oh, dear, ” thought Rhoda. “I can’t go on standing ¹⁰ here all day. Just because I’m such an idiotthat I can’t make up my mind … I think that coat and skirt’s going to be awfully ¹¹ nice. I wonder ifbrown would have been more useful than green? No, I don’t think so. Well, come on, shall I go orshan’t I? Half past three, it’s quite a good time—I mean, it doesn’t look as though I’m cadging ¹² ameal or anything. I might just go and look, anyway.
”,She plunged ¹³ across the road, turned to the right, and then to the left, up Harley Street, finallypausing by the block of flats always airily described by Mrs. Oliver as “all among the nursinghomes.”,"Well,'said the foreman, scratching his ear meditatively, "we do need a stitcher. “这--"工头沉思地搔了搔耳朵。 "我们确实需要一个缝纫工 。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹,Black English can be more expressive than standard English.黑人所使用的英语可能比正式英语更有表现力。