If ever a woman gave a man reason to think himself as good as engaged, she had given him that reason, and yet she refused him as coolly as she would have declined a second plate of soup.
2
她的丈夫则仔细地打量着她,因为从某观点来看,漂亮的女人即使冷淡也是迷人的。
Her husband studied her, for beauty, even cold, is fascinating from one point of view.
3
他对于男人一般都是冷淡、疏远的,但对于所有的女人,他有一种沉默而庄重的亲切态度。
He was usually cold and distant with men, but with all women he had a silent, grave familiarity.