She knew that what Marianne and her mother conjectured one moment, they believed the next--that with them, to wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect.

她知道，玛丽安和母亲忽而胡猜乱想，忽而信以为真。 对她俩来说，想望着的便是有希望的，有希望的便是指日可待的。