And even Billee, the good-natured, was less good-natured, and whined not half so placatingly as in former days.

甚至连好脾气的比利也变化了很多, 他那息事宁人的呜咽也不再息事宁人了。

My father very kindly invited me to turn the spit as in former days.

父亲很客气地邀请我像往日一样转动烤肉叉。

Eugenie, as in former days, was the central figure of the picture; and Charles, as heretofore, would still have been the sovereign of all.

尤金妮和往日一样，是这幅画的中心人物。查理一如既往，仍将是所有人的君主。

She did not get up and leave the room, as she had done in former days, when his abruptness or his temper had annoyed her.

她没有起身离开房间， 就像从前他的唐突或脾气惹恼她时那样。

I did not need to be guided to the well-known room, to which I had so often been summoned for chastisement or reprimand in former days.

我不需要被引导到众所周知的房间，过去我经常被传唤到那里接受惩罚或训斥。

The artist put his finger on the contrivance to which he had referred. In former days, the effect would probably have been to cause the picture to start forward.

艺术家把他的手指放在了他提到的装置上。在过去，效果可能是让画面向前开始。

The Saumur people talk of her and of the Marquis de Froidfond, whose family are beginning to beset the rich widow just as, in former days, the Cruchots laid siege to the rich heiress.

索米尔人谈论她和弗洛伊丰侯爵，他们的家人开始围攻这位富有的寡妇，就像过去克吕绍家族围攻这位富有的女继承人一样。