YOU remember old Neave, of course? Little Humphrey Neave, I mean. We used to see him pottering about Rome years ago.

你还记得老尼夫吗？小汉弗莱·尼夫，我是说。几年前我们经常看到他在罗马闲逛。

Inger was up, pottering about half-dressed—she had milked the cow and the goats, as it might have been just an ordinary day.

英格起床了，没穿衣服就东倒西歪——她已经给牛和山羊挤奶了，就好像这只是平常的一天一样。

" That the way you manage a farm, " he asked scornfully, " pottering about up in the hills looking for a fortune" ?

“那是你管理农场的方式， ” 他轻蔑地问道， “在山上闲逛寻找财富” ？

Half the world was free to sit back and enjoy itself this sunny afternoon, but he had to spend it pottering about asking questions that led nowhere.

半个世界都可以自由自在地坐下来享受自己， 但他不得不把时间花在陶艺上， 问一些毫无意义的问题。