The Aspern Papers

It was she who invented the short cut, who severed the Gordian knot.

是她想出了捷径，解决了难题。

Her actual knowledge of the Misses Bordereau was scarcely larger than mine, and indeed I had brought with me from England some definite facts which were new to her.

她对博德罗小姐的实际了解并不比我多，实际上我从英国带来了一些她不知道的确切事实。