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.
煞费苦心地讨好上了年纪的女人, 不久就成了许多豪宅里的ami de la maison, 即家庭宠物。 和蔼亲。
" 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" ?