Well, Mrs Crawley was giving a luncheon party and I...- And you were helping Ethel.

卡劳利夫人想办个午宴，所以我… … - 去帮艾瑟尔了。

What? - He doesn't want to pester you, so he's asked if I could give another luncheon party.

什么？-他不想烦着你，就问我能不能再办个午宴。

' Was that what men hummed at luncheon parties before the war?

’这是战前人们在午餐会上哼唱的吗？

Was that what women hummed at luncheon parties before the war?

这是战前妇女们在午餐会上哼唱的歌吗？

But why, I continued, moving on towards Headingley, have we stopped humming under our breath at luncheon parties?

但是，为什么，我继续说，继续走向海丁利，我们在午餐会上不再低声哼唱了吗？

That luncheon party, for a party it proved to be, was the beginning of a new epoch in my life.

那场午餐会，事实证明是一场聚会，是我人生新纪元的开始。

This he said when we were walking away from Carlton House Terrace after a luncheon party at which an unfortunate incident had occurred.

这是他在午餐会后离开 Carlton House Terrace 时说的， 午餐会上发生了不幸事件。

They were still willing to come to his elaborate luncheon parties at Claridge's but he was quick-witted enough to know that they came to meet one another rather than to see him.

他们仍然愿意参加他在克拉里奇餐厅举办的精心设计的午餐会，但他足够机智，知道他们是来见面而不是来看他的。

The following morning, Mrs. Inglethorp stayed in bed to breakfast, as she was rather overtired; but she appeared in her briskest mood about 12.30, and swept Lawrence and myself off to a luncheon party.

第二天早上，英格里桑夫人躺在床上吃早饭，因为她太累了。但她在中午 12 点 30 分时出现了她最活跃的情绪，并带着劳伦斯和我去参加午餐会。

I had never seen the bishop but at a dinner or luncheon party, and a very good trencherman he was, who enjoyed his food and a glass of good wine, telling funny and sometimes ribald stories with verve.

除了在晚宴或午餐会上，我从未见过主教，他是一个非常好的食客，喜欢他的食物和一杯好酒，充满活力地讲述有趣的，有时甚至是粗俗的故事。