And while the Mildreds danced with their Arthur Russells the best an outsider could do for herself was to sit with Frank Dowling—the one last course left her that was better than dancing with him.

当米尔德里德一家和他们的亚瑟·拉塞尔一家一起跳舞时，一个局外人能为自己做的最好的事情就是和弗兰克·道林坐在一起——最后一道菜留给她，这比和他一起跳舞要好。