问答题
Isabel always felt an impulse to pull out the pins; not that she imagined they inflicted any damage on the tough old
parchment
, but because it seemed to her aunt might make better use of her sharpness. She was very critical herself—it was
incidental to her sex, and her nationality
; but she was very sentimental as well, and there was something in Mrs. Touchett" s dryness that set her own moral fountains flowing.
【正确答案】正确答案：The Portrait of a Lady, Henry James parchment: This word implies the old European culture with a long history. incidental to her sex, and her nationally: This phrase implies her aunt" s nature is sharp because sharpness is the nature of a woman and an English person.