The basket was the one which on workdays held Adam's and Seth's dinner; and no official, walking in procession, could look more resolutely unconscious of all acquaintances than Gyp with his basket, trotting at his master's heels.

篮子是工作日盛放亚当和赛斯晚餐的篮子；在列队行进中，没有哪个官员比提着篮子跟在主人后面小跑的吉普更坚决地不理会所有熟人了。