Welty's new friends immediately sent a waiter to find a cab.

韦尔蒂的新朋友立即派了服务员去找出租车。

It annoys Welty that, at 78, her left ear has now given out.

令 Welty 恼火的是， 78 岁的她的左耳现在已经坏掉了。

27. What can we learn about the characters in Welty's fiction?

27. 关于韦尔蒂小说中的人物，我们可以了解到什么？

Without a second thought, the woman joined the Welty party.

那个女人想都没想就加入了韦尔蒂派对。

Sitting on a sofa in her room, Welty, a slim figure in a simple gray dress, looked pleased with this explanation.

韦尔蒂坐在她房间的沙发上，身材苗条，穿着一件简单的灰色连衣裙，看起来对这个解释很满意。

Beauticians, bartenders, piano players and people with purple hats, Welty's people come from afternoons spent visiting with old friends, from walks through the streets of her native Jackson, Miss., from conversations overheard on a bus.

美容师、调酒师、钢琴演奏者和戴紫色帽子的人， 韦尔蒂的人来自与老朋友一起度过的下午， 来自她家乡密西西比州杰克逊的街道， 来自在公共汽车上无意中听到的谈话。