Such solitary walks and scenes as that witnessed by Smith in the summer-house were frequent, but he courted her so intangibly that to any but such a delicate perception as Elfride's it would have appeared no courtship at all.

史密斯在避暑别墅里目睹的这种孤独的散步和场景是很常见的， 但他对她的追求是如此无形， 以至于除了像埃尔弗里德这样敏锐的感知力之外， 任何人都觉得根本没有求爱。