She didn't say it in so many words, but in the way she stood in the kitchen or in the open double doors, or walked from room to room, inspected my father's books and sat with me at dinner.

她没有多说什么，但她站在厨房里的样子或打开双层门，或从一个房间走到另一个房间，观察我父亲的那些书和跟我坐下来吃饭的样子就告诉了我这些。