Susan took down the lump, and cutting off several thin slices, heaped them in an iron ladle, with which she returned to the living-room, and placed the vessel in the hot ashes of the fireplace.

苏珊把蜂蜡搬下来，切了薄薄的几片，把它们堆放到一把铁勺子里，之后她拿着铁勺子回到起居室，把它放到壁炉的热炉灰上。