Though there were purchases to be made, they were by no means of a pressing nature, and but poorly filled up the vacancies of those strange, speculative days, —days surrounded by a shade of fear, yet poetized by sweet expectation.
虽然有东西要买， 但它们绝不是紧迫的， 只能很好地填补那些奇怪的、投机的日子的空缺——这些日子被恐惧的阴影所包围， 但却充满了甜蜜的期待。