短篇小说 | April Showers
"BUT Guy's heart slept under the violets on Muriel's grave."
短篇小说 | The Pit and the Pendulum
I WAS sick, sick unto death, with that long agony, and when they at length unbound me, and I was permitted to sit, I felt that my senses were leaving me.
女生叫 Gina 是什么意思？
Gina 是一个源自希腊语的女生用英文名，其名字本意指“美丽的人”。
短篇小说 | Afterward
The assertion, laughingly flung out six months earlier in a bright June garden, came back to Mary Boyne with a sharp perception of its latent significance as she stood, in the December dusk, waiting for the lamps to be brought into the library.
短篇小说 | Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
This is the story of the great war that Rikki-tikki-tavi fought single-handed through the bath-rooms of the big bungalow in Segowlee cantonment.
女生叫 Gypsy 是什么意思？
“Gypsy”这个名字的寓意比较复杂，因为它涉及到对吉普赛人（也称为罗姆人）的文化和历史的认知。
短篇小说 | A Cup of Cold Water
"Mr. Woburn!" he exclaimed; then he stepped nearer and added in a low tone: "I was requested to tell you when you came that the members of the firm are waiting; will you step into the private office?"
短篇小说 | The Hanging Stranger
At five o'clock Ed Loyce washed up, tossed on his hat and coat, got his car out and headed across town toward his TV sales store.
女生叫 Gwyneth 是什么意思？
Gwyneth 是一个英文名字，源自威尔士语。这个名字的含义是“幸福”或者“纯洁”。
短篇小说 | A Coward
"My daughter Irene," said Mrs. Carstyle (she made it rhyme with tureen), "has had no social advantages; but if Mr. Carstyle had chosen--" she paused significantly and looked at the shabby sofa on the opposite side of the fire-place as though it had been Mr. Carstyle. Vibart was glad that it was not.
短篇小说 | A New England Nun
It was late in the afternoon, and the light was waning. There was a difference in the look of the tree shadows out in the yard.
女生叫 Gwendolyn 是什么意思？
Gwendolyn 是一个英文女性名字，源自威尔士语，由"gwen"（意为“白色”或“公平”）和"dwyn"（意为“善良”或“可爱”）组成。
