departures, the grandmother's grief at their departure.

奶奶对于她们离去的悲痛
And now [That's the "now" referred to in the middle of 18.]

现在(这个现在是18页中间所以的现在)
And now to comfort herself my grandmother would not reflect on the

现在为了安慰自己奶奶不会再想
unkindness of her children or of children in general.

她孩子或者笼统的孩子的不好
She had noticed many times always that her girls' faces were soft and

她注意到了很多次她的孩子的脸庞柔软
serious and inward and still when she looked at them just as they had

而严肃内敛而平静当她们还是小孩的时候
been when they were small children, just as they were now when

就像她们现在睡觉
they were sleeping.

时候一样
If a friend was in the room, her daughters would watch his or her

当房间里有朋友在她的女儿会专注地
face intently and tease or soothe or banter and any one of them could

看着她或他的脸然后或偷笑或嘲笑她们中
gauge and respond to the finest changes of expression or tone,

的一个会判断然后换成最合适的表情或音调
even Sylvie if she chose to, but it did not occur to them to suit

即时希尔维选择要做但是这没有让她们