All passiveness and unconcern had dropped from them. They were alert and active, anxious that the work should go well, and fiercely irritable with whatever, by delay or confusion, retarded that work.
消失了所有消极和淡漠。他俩变得机警而活跃, 一心要使工作进展顺利, 不管耽搁还是乱阵, 只要工作被延误, 他俩就大发雷霆。