He took an immense amount of trouble to make himself agreeable to aging women, and it was not long before he was the ami de la maison, the household pet, in many an imposing mansion.
他煞费苦心地讨好上年纪的女人, 不久他就成许多豪宅里的ami de la maison, 即家庭宠物。 他和蔼可亲。
" Mon ami, " said Poirot, in his gentle ironical voice, " is it that we are to remain planted here all night — just because you have seen a beautiful young woman, and your head is in a whirl" ?