He had no wife and he lived in a very large house with a housekeeper called Mrs Macready and three servants.

他没有老伴，和女管家玛卡蕾蒂太太以及另外三个仆人一起，住着一所很大很大的房子。

" I wish the Macready would hurry up and take all these people away, " said Susan presently, " I'm getting horribly cramped."

“但愿麦克里迪太太快点把这些人统统带走。”不一会儿苏珊说，“我都要挤死了。”

Mrs Macready was not fond of children, and did not like to be interrupted when she was telling visitors all the things she knew.

麦克里迪太太不喜欢孩子，而且她向来客说起自己知道的一切时不喜欢有人插嘴。

Mrs Macready and the visitors were still talking in the passage; but luckily they never came into the empty room and so the children weren't caught.

麦克里迪太太和参观的客人还在过道里谈话；不过幸好他们没到这空房间里来，因此孩子们也没被他们发现。