The little girl could see into the room within. She saw the table spread with a snow-white damask cloth, whereon were ranged shining china-dishes;

小女孩可以看到房间的东西，桌上铺着雪白的台布，上面放着精致的瓷碟，还有填满梅子和苹果、冒着热气、香喷喷的烤鹅。

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She wore a dress of black damask, a cape of the same material,and a bonnet of white crape.

她穿一件黑花缎裙袍，一件同样料子的短披风，戴一顶白绉纱帽子。

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The first day that Cosette went out in her black damask gown and mantle, and her white crape bonnet, she took Jean Valjean's arm, gay, radiant, rosy, proud, dazzling.

珂赛特第一次穿上她的黑花缎短披风，戴着白绉纱帽出门的那天，她靠近冉阿让，挽着他的臂膀，愉快，欢乐，红润，大方，光艳夺目。

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This is because in the French tradition, they would drape hugely expensive white linen damask over a simple walnut table and place a silver mirror on top.

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The first President's wife to die in the White House, Letitia Tyler ended her days peacefully on September 10, 1842, holding a damask rose in her hand.

WHITEHOUSE: Letitia Christian Tyler