"Judge for yourself, Ivan Grigorievitch. I am fifty years old, yet never in my life had been ill, except for an occasional carbuncle or boil. That is not a good sign. Sooner or later I shall have to pay for it." And he relapsed into melancholy. "Just listen to the fellow!" was Chichikov's and the President's joint inward comment. "What on earth has HE to complain of?"
"I have a letter for you, Ivan Grigorievitch," went on Chichikov aloud as he produced from his pocket Plushkin's epistle. "From whom?" inquired the President. Having broken the seal, he exclaimed: "Why, it is from Plushkin!英文原著 · 《Dead Souls》
Stuffing the list into his pocket, he remarked that, to complete the transaction, it would be necessary to return to the town. "To the town?" repeated Plushkin. "But why? Moreover, how could I leave the house, seeing that every one of my servants is either a thief or a rogue? Day by day they pilfer things, until soon I shall have not a single coat to hang on my back."
"Then you possess acquaintances in the town?"
"Acquaintances? Every acquaintance whom I ever possessed has either left me or is dead. But stop a moment. I DO know the President of the Council.英文原著 · 《Dead Souls》
Write me a cheering letter, and send a flower to brighten my private drawing room. I inherited it, furnished, from Mrs. Lippett. The wall is covered with a tapestry paper in brown and red; the furniture is electric-blue plush, except the center table, which is gilt. Green predominates in the carpet. If you presented some pink rosebuds, they would complete the color scheme.英文原著 · 《Dear Enemy》
Two paperhangers are at work this moment hanging the best that our village affords, while a German upholsterer is on his knees measuring my chairs for chintz slip covers that will hide every inch of their plush upholstery.英文原著 · 《Dear Enemy》
I myself have bestowed a little present upon the John Grier Home--the refurnishing of the superintendent's private parlor. I saw the first night here that neither I nor any future occupant could be happy with Mrs. Lippett's electric plush. You see, I am planning to make my successor contented and willing to stay.英文原著 · 《Dear Enemy》
Still she did not move, and he had the impression that he was looking at a spirit--a spirit startled out of its flesh. Nor at the moment did it seem in the least strange that he should conceive such an odd thought. He stared round the room--clean and tawdry, with its tarnished gilt mirror, marble-topped side-table, and plush-covered sofa. Twenty years and more since he had been in such a place. And he said:英文原著 · 《Five Tales》
A well-appointed no man's land with a plush carpet and high ceiling between two bedrooms.美剧 · 《House of Cards》