《愛麗絲夢遊仙境》第1季第一話

Alice froze, back to bed.

Silence. Another roar of laughter from the men downstairs. Either her mother was asleep already- or

pretending to be.

As Alice hurried down the long staircase. the smooth wood of the banister felt like polished bronze under her small hands. She stopped in the doorway of the study, transfixed by the sight of her father.

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愛麗絲拉開卧室的門，窗邊素雅的蕾絲窗簾呼呼地飄了起來。她蹑手蹑腳地走向大廳，猶如一個身穿白色睡衣的幽靈。經過母親的房間時，腳下的地闆咯吱作響。

愛麗絲僵住了，等着母親勒令她回房睡覺。

然而，什麼聲音也沒有。這時樓下又傳來一陣大笑。母親要麼已經睡着了--要麼就是假裝睡着了。

愛麗絲急匆匆地走下長長的樓梯，她的小手拂過光滑的木質樓梯扶手，像摸着抛過光的青銅一樣。她在書房門口停了下來，呆呆地看着父親。

I stern adj. 嚴厲的,嚴肅的;苛刻的2transfixv 使呆住,使不能動彈