My grandmother used to work below stairs as a housemaid when she was young .

我祖母年轻的时候曾当过女 佣人。

As a young girl she found life below stairs hard and tiring .

还是小女孩时，她便发觉 当 仆人的生活非常艰苦、劳累。

Their affairs were being discussed below stairs .

他们的 仆人正在谈论他们的事情。

Presently when the drum beats the assault let the twenty below stairs rush to the barricade .

一会儿，当战鼓擂起进攻号 时， 下面二十人就 奔 进街垒。

Yet they seem to have been quite clueless about what life was like below stairs .

但是他们看来对社会 底层的生活知之 甚少。

I went below then took off my shoes and went quietly up the other stairs to watch him .

我跑 下去，然后脱下鞋 爬 上 梯子看他。他用 两手和两个膝盖 爬行。

It is a great pity that such a beautiful girl should lead a life below stairs .

这么漂亮的女子过着 仆人 般的生活，真是可惜。