As I came out into the passage leading to the zenana I found my sister-in-law, standing near a window overlooking the reception rooms, peeping through the venetian shutter.

当我走到通往 zenana 的通道时，我发现我嫂子站在一扇俯瞰接待室的窗户附近，透过百叶窗向外窥视。

I never liked the way my husband had of talking on this subject, but that is not the reason why I refused to leave the zenana. His grandmother was still alive.

我从不喜欢我丈夫谈论这个话题的方式，但这不是我拒绝离开 zenana 的原因。他的祖母还活着。

Ever since my arrival, Nikhil's sitting-room had become a thing amphibious—half women's apartment, half men's: Bimala had access to it from the zenana, it was not barred to me from the outer side.

自从我到达后，尼基尔的起居室就变成了两栖的东西——一半是女人的公寓，一半是男人的：比马拉可以从 zenana 进入它，从外面对我来说是没有障碍的。