Although the carriage was standing at the entrance , the hall - porter , scanning the mother and son they had not sent in their names , but had walked straight in through the glass doors between two rows of statues in niches , and looking significantly at the old mantle , inquired whom they wanted , the princesses or the count ; and hearing that they wanted to see the count , said that his excellency was worse to - day , and his excellency could see no one 虽然有一辆什么人的四轮轿式马车停在台阶前面，但是门房还是把偕同儿子的母亲仔细观察一番他们并没有通报姓氏，径直地走进两排壁雕像之间的玻璃穿堂里，意味深长地望了望她那身旧式的女外衣，问他们访问何人，是访问公爵小姐，还是访问伯爵，得知访问伯爵之后，便说大人今天病情更严重，不接见任何人。
