as you are,” said the shirt-collar, “is not that encouragement enough?”

“走開；別靠我這麼近，” 襪帶說，“在我看來，你就跟個男人似的。”

“Get away; don’t e so near me,” said the garter, “you appear to me quite like a man.”

“我當然是一位講究的紳士，” 襯衫領子說，“我有一個脫靴器和一把梳子。” 這不是真的，因為這些東西是他主人的；但他是個愛吹牛的傢伙。

“I am a fine gentleman certainly,” said the shirt-collar, “I possess a boot-jack and a hair-brush.” this was not true, for these things belonged to his master; but he was a boaster.

“別靠我這麼近，” 襪帶說，“我不習慣這樣。”

“don’t e so near me,” said the garter; “I am no accustomed to it.”

“裝腔作勢！” 襯衫領子說。

“Affectation!” said the shirt-collar.

然後它們從洗衣盆裡被拿了出來，上了漿，掛在椅子上曬在陽光下，接著又被放在熨衣板上。

then they were taken out of the wash-tub, starched, and hung over a chair in the sunshine, and then laid on the ironing-board.

現在燒熱的熨斗來了。

And now came the glowing iron.

“寡婦夫人，” 襯衫領子說，“小寡婦夫人，我覺得好暖和呀。我在變化，我所有的褶子都沒了。你在我身上燙出個洞了。哎呀！我向你求婚。”

“mistress widow,” said the shirt-collar, “little mistress widow, I feel quite warm. I am changing, I am losing all my creases. You are burning a hole in me. Ugh! I propose to you.”

“你這塊破布，” 熨斗驕傲地在領子上壓過，因為她自認為是一臺蒸汽機，在鐵軌上行駛並拉著車廂。“你這塊破布！” 她說。

“You old rag,” said the flat-iron, driving proudly over the collar, for she fancied herself a steam-engine, which rolls over the railway and draws carriages. “You old rag!” said she.

襯衫領子的邊緣有點磨損了，於是拿來剪刀把它們剪齊。

the edges of the shirt-collar were a little frayed, so the scis