Like a figure of painted and brightly varnished wood, Ella Dowling sat against the wall through dance after dance with glassy imperturbability; it was easier to be wooden, Alice thought, if you had your mother with you, as Ella had.
埃拉·道林就像一个彩绘和亮漆的木头人物，一个接一个地坐在墙上，不动声色地跳着舞。如果像艾拉那样有妈妈在身边，爱丽丝心想，做木头人就容易多了。