Beneath the strain of expectation even the little iced sugar cakes upon the tea-table looked green with worry.

Beneath the strain of expectation even the little iced sugar cakes upon the tea-table looked green with worry.

在这种期待的压力下，茶几上的小冰糖蛋糕也因担心而显得绿了。

-- Ronald Firbank 罗纳德·菲尔班克