It should be added that such remarks were usually not addressed to her brother, or yet to her niece, but to fellow-tourists who happened to be at hand, or even to the cicerone or the goat-herd in the foreground.

这样的话通常不是针对她的兄弟， 也不是针对她的侄女， 而是针对恰好在附近的游客， 甚至是前景中的 cicerone 或山羊群。