双语小说连载:《董贝父子》第五章 Part 4

'Oh, my dear Paul, no,' said Mrs. Chick, who had much ado to keep her teeth from chattering; 'not for me.'

    'Mr. John,' said Mr. Dombey, 'you are not sensible of any chill?'

    Mr. John, who had already got both his hands in his pockets over the wrists, and was on the very threshold of that same canine chorus which had given Mrs. Chick so much offence on a former occasion, protested that he was perfectly comfortable.

    He added in a low voice, 'With my tiddle tol toor rul' - when he was providentially stopped by Towlinson, who announced:
    'Miss Tox!'
    And enter that fair enslaver, with a blue nose and indescribably frosty face, referable to her being very thinly clad in a maze of fluttering odds and ends, to do honor to the ceremony.

    'How do you do, Miss Tox?' said Mr. Dombey.

    Miss Tox, in the midst of her spreading gauzes, went down altogether like an opera-glass shutting-up; she curtseyed so low, in acknowledgment of Mr. Dombey's advancing a step or two to meet her.

    'I can never forget this occasion, Sir,' said Miss Tox, softly. ''Tis impossible. My dear Louisa, I can hardly believe the evidence of my senses.'

    If Miss Tox could believe the evidence of one of her senses, it was a very cold day. That was quite clear. She took an early opportunity of promoting the circulation in the tip of her nose by secretly chafing it with her pocket handkerchief, lest, by its very low temperature, it should disagreeably astonish the baby when she came to kiss it.

注释：sensible adj. 明智的；明显的；意识到的；通晓事理的
n. 可感觉到的东西；敏感的人
例句：
1. Donna is sensible of his shortcoming.
唐纳知道他自己的缺点。
2. That sounds very sensible to me.
我觉得这很合理。