Mrs. Brown's mother got ill in bed two days before, so she had to go and look after her.
布朗太太的母親生病在床兩天了，所以她不得不去照顧她。

Before she left, she spoke to her husband Mr.Brown, 
在她離開前，她對(duì)丈夫布朗先生說，

“I must tell you how to do housework, but my train is leaving in half an hour’s time. I must go now.”
“我必須告訴你如何做家務(wù)。但我的火車還有半個(gè)小時(shí)就開了，我現(xiàn)在必須走了?！?/p>

“Don't worry,” Mr. Brown said. “I can take care of myself.”
“別擔(dān)心，我能照顧好我自己?！辈祭氏壬f。

In fact, he could do things well without his wife. He thought, when my wife comes back tomorrow, she won’t have to wash any plates. She must be happy.
事實(shí)上，沒有妻子他能把事情做的很好。他想，當(dāng)我的妻子明天回來時(shí)，她不必再洗盤子了。她一定很高興。

The next day, Mrs. Brown came back. When she saw the plates, she was very happy.
第二天，布朗太太回來了。當(dāng)她看到盤子時(shí)，她很高興。

“How clean they are,” she said to her husband. “You do very well.”

“它們好干凈啊，”她對(duì)她丈夫說?！澳阕龅暮芎?。”

“Yes, of course,” said Mr. Brown.“I had my meals in the restaurant.”
“是的，當(dāng)然，”布朗先生說?！拔以诓蛷d吃的飯?！?/p>