有一种令人钦佩的有关小姐米特福德文学，很大一部分的确，在这个小作家的通知，仿佛她几乎欠道歉那些谁记得，因冒昧地写感觉，大量只道听途说，没有有任何已知或见过的'我们村的作者。然而，让人仿佛是亲切友好的存在，如此清晰的像一个编钟编钟的声音'的声音，'与好客爽快问候，她也很少意识到这只有在熟人的可能，有世界上存在-鼎盛时期。
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    There is a great deal of admirable literature concerning Miss Mitford, so much of it indeed, that the writer of this little notice feels as if she almost owed an apology to those who remember, for having ventured to write, on hearsay only, and without having ever known or ever seen the author of 'Our Village.' And yet, so vivid is the homely friendly presence, so clear the sound of that voice 'like a chime of bells,' with its hospitable cheery greeting, that she can scarcely realise that this acquaintance exists only in the world of the might-have-beens.