1. Outside in the gloom they stood, while the leader parleyed within.
有人在前头指点房间,以免耽搁拿钥匙。
2. Acacia Cottage was much lower in the social scale than Crescent Villas, and the small maid-servant who came to the low wooden gate and parleyed with Mr. Audley, was evidently well used to the encounter of relentless creditors across the same feeble barricade.
金合欢村在社会地位上远远低于新月小屋,那个来到低矮木门口与奥德利先生交谈的小女仆,显然是习惯于隔着这道薄弱的防栅对付冷酷无情的债主的。