It is also a good idea to have some pats for your knees and elbows.

当然给膝盖和手肘加上护垫是好主意。

And she never stole off now to a tiny grave in the forest, where once she had patted the earth with her hands and set up a little cross.

她现在再也没有偷偷溜到森林里的一个小坟墓里，她曾在那里用手拍了拍泥土，立了一个小十字架。

Trimmle, at the behest, vanished in a flash, as if thankful to be out of the room, and when she reappeared, conducting the agitated underling, Mary had regained her self-possession, and had her questions pat.

Trimmle 应命立刻消失了，好像很庆幸自己离开了房间，当她再次出现时，带着焦躁的下属，玛丽已经恢复了镇静，并让她的问题得到了解决。

On the way she passes by a place she knows; a little child had once lain buried there; she had patted down the earth with her hands, set up a tiny cross—oh, but it was long ago.

在路上她经过一个她熟悉的地方；一个小孩子曾经埋在那里。她用手在地上拍了拍，立了一个小十字架——哦，但那是很久以前的事了。