She was followed by a gentleman, whom Catherine believed to be her father, and they turned up towards Edgar's Buildings.
她身后跟着一位绅士，凯瑟琳认为他是她的父亲，他们朝埃德加大厦走去。
诺桑觉寺（原版）
A pre-engagement in Edgar's Buildings prevented his accepting the invitation of one friend, and obliged him to hurry away as soon as he had satisfied the demands of the other.
埃德加大厦的预先订婚阻止了他接受一位朋友的邀请，并迫使他在满足另一位朋友的要求后尽快离开。
诺桑觉寺（原版）
An inquiry now took place into the intended movements of the young ladies; and, on finding whither they were going, it was decided that the gentlemen should accompany them to Edgar's Buildings, and pay their respects to Mrs. Thorpe.
Edgar is a commonly used English given name, from an Anglo-Saxon name Eadgar (composed of ead "rich, prosperous" and gar "spear").
Like most Anglo-Saxon names, it fell out of use by the later medieval period; it was, however, revived in the 18th century, and was popularised by its use for a character in Sir Walter Scott's The Bride of Lammermoor (1819).