Nor was he mistaken : for a widow lady with her sleeves rolled up to her shoulders and her arms frothy with soap-suds and smoking with hot water replied to the summons with startling rapidity .

他没有错，因为一位 寡居 的 太太以惊人的敏捷回答了这个召唤；她袖子卷到肩膀上，胳膊上沾满了肥皂泡，而且冒着雾腾腾的热气。

' You said she was a poor widow lady ! ' — ' In a manner of speaking she is ' Alison said .

“你说过她是个可怜的 寡妇！”——“从某种意义上说，她就是，”艾利森说。

In short they entertained me not like what I was but like what they thought I had been namely a widow lady of a great fortune .

总之，她们招待我，不像实在的我，却像他们所以为的我，那就是，一个拥有大笔财产的 寡妇。