Her mouth tightened. She had been drinking hot spiced wine and smelled of nutmeg. " You presume to dicker with me? Need I remind you, you are sworn to obey" .

瑟曦嘴巴抿，香料热酒，口中散发出豆蔻的味道。" 你是来讨价还价的？要我提醒吗，你发誓服从命令。"

He had found in Rome an early altar of honey-colored stone and had been dickering in Florence for six months for a triptych of the Siennese school to put over it.

他在罗马找到期的蜂蜜色石头祭坛，并在佛罗伦萨讨价还价六月，希望能在上面放幅西耶纳画派的三联画。