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My mother's disease cast a damp over my holidays.

我母亲的病使我的假期过得不痛快。

My wife's illness cast a damp over the holiday.

我太太的病使假期失去了乐趣。

During my subsequent movements in different parts of the country, and a tarriance of three busy weeks in London, I had no leisure for replying to it; and now that I am once more at home, and am clearing off the arrears of business which had accumulated during a long absence, it has lain unanswered till the last of a numerous file, not from disrespect of indifference to its contents, but because, in truth, it is not an easy task to answer it, nor a pleasant one to cast a damp over the high spirits and the generous desires of youth.

接着，我巡游全国各地，又在伦敦忙了三个星期，因此耽误了，没有时间给你回信。现在回到家中，要料理完这段时间搁置的事情，因此，我只有把成堆的文件处理完毕，才能回复你的来信，不是因为我轻视信中所言，也不是故作冷淡，而是因为回复这封信可不是件容易的事，同时，泼一盆冷水在兴致盎然、胸怀大志的年轻人头上也非悦事。

I am accused of being overreligious," she said in her quiet, frank manner,"but that does not prevent me thinking the children very cruel who obstinately commit such suicide.""

客人们在卡罗利娜·埃凯家里，举止就文雅一些，因为卡罗利娜的母亲治家很严厉。

Designed by French fashion house Herm è s, this elegant uniform was manufactured in our home, Hong Kong, and was the first without a hat.

由著名品牌 Herm è s 设计，这件高贵的制服是香港本土制造，是我们第一套不配帽子的制服。