As usual, Lily thought. There was always something that had to be doneat that precise moment, something that Mrs Ramsay had decided forreasons of her own to do instantly, it might be with every one standingabout making jokes, as now, not being able to decide whether they weregoing into the smoking-room, into the drawing-room, up to the attics.
照例，莉莉想。总是有些事情必须立即做，那是拉姆赛太太出于自己的理由决定立刻做的，也许在大家正站在一起开玩笑的时候，像现在这样，不知道他们是要去吸烟室还是客厅，还是去阁楼上。