True, great men were known to suffer from absence of mind, and Bishop Helmsdale, having a dim sense that he had entered by that door yesterday, might have unconsciously turned thitherward now.

诚然，众所周知，伟人都患有精神错乱症，而赫尔姆斯代尔主教隐隐约约地感觉到他昨天是从那扇门进来的，现在可能不自觉地转向了那里。

After he had done speaking, he still moved about, half in absence of mind, and Rosamond sat perfectly still. At length Will, seeming to bethink himself, took up his hat, yet stood some moments irresolute.

说完之后，他还在走来走去，心不在焉，而罗莎蒙德则一动不动地坐着。最后，威尔似乎想起了自己，拿起帽子，但站了一会儿犹豫不决。

He took his sheet of paper very, very quietly, as though in absence of mind, rolled it into a ball, on the sly, put it into his mouth, chewed it a little, and then spit it out under the bench.

把自己所写的纸片揉成团塞入口中，嚼糊了吐在椅旁。

A suspended interest and a prevalent absence of mind, were perhaps observed by the spies who looked in at the wine-shop, as they looked in at every place, high and low, from the king’s palace to the criminal’s gaol.

窥探酒楼的探子，从王宫到犯人的牢狱， 高高低低，每一个地方都在巡视， 他们可能观察到了一种悬而未决的兴趣和普遍的心不在焉。