" We'll see about it, " said the old man in an absent way.

“我们走着瞧吧，”老人心不在焉地说。

He was nice and gentle, of course, but in an absent way as if he had something far more important on his mind.

怎么都行，就别这样显得平静而无所谓的样子，认为她没有遇到什么大不了的危险，他虽然表示很关心，很体贴，可就像是心不在焉，好像还有什么事，比这重要得多。

I said in an absent way: " I used to live in England, and now I am come back again; and I slept last night at the Hammersmith Guest House" .

我心不在焉地说：“我以前住在英国，现在又回来了，昨晚睡在哈默史密斯宾馆”。