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“Tom.” Nurse, having completed her private business, came bustling in. “Tom, you naughty boy, is this the way you entertain your guests? Poor little Jenny, all by herself under the table.” The nurse was plump and middle-aged, an old-fashioned nanny.
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“She’s not by herself,” Tom said.
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● bustling：匆匆忙忙的。entertain：招待。“你是这样子招待客人的吗？”you entertain your guests是定语从句，其连接词（该是in which两字）通常都是省略的。
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● all by herself：独自一个，没人陪伴。
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● plump：肥胖。nanny=nurse。
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● 故事进入此段，另开一局面。若无保姆的一句话，不会惹起下面的一场风波。又请注意：女孩子名叫Jenny，到此段始点出。
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“Oh, Tom, that really is naughty of you. Where are all your nice manners? Get up, my dear, and play with her like a good boy.”
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“I am playing with her,” Tom said, in a surly tone, and he gave Nurse a sidelong glance of anger.
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● that is really naughty of you：你真太淘气了。注意“形容词（naughty）+ of +人（you）”这一类的用法。
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● manners：礼貌。good boy：乖孩子。
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● surly：恚恨粗鲁之状。a sidelong glance：斜视一下。
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“Now Tom, get up when I ask you.” She stooped, took Tom by the arm, and lifted him up. “Come now, you must be polite, after you’ve asked her yourself and pestered for her all the week.”
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At this public disclosure, Tom instantly lost his temper and yelled, “I didn’t—I didn’t—I won’t—I won’t.”
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● took Tom by the arm：搀他的胳膊。注意介词by的用法。
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● pestered for her：无理取闹地要她来。pester普通字典认为是及物动词，但这里用作不及物动词。
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● public disclosure：当众揭发。他闹了一个星期要那小女孩子来玩，这件事情给保姆揭发（disclose）了，使得他大失面子。女孩子为什么来的，这里补叙说明。
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● I didn’t=I didn’t ask her。
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● I won’t.=I won’t get up.或I won’t ask her.
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“Then I’ll have to take poor little Jenny downstairs again to her mummy.”
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“No—no—no.”
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“Will you play with her then?”
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“No. I hate her—I never wanted her.”
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At this the little girl rose and said, in precise indignant tones, “He is naughty, isn’t he?”
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● precise：咬音准确，口齿清楚的。indignant：愤慨的。
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