I had pulled myself together a little by the time the doorbell rang, promptly at seven.

——当门铃响起时， 我已经稍微振作起来了，正好是七点钟。

It is one of the defects of my character that I cannot altogether dislike anyone who makes me laugh. But I pulled myself together.

我不能讨厌一个能惹我发笑的人，这也许是我性格上的一个弱点。但是我马上就绷起脸来。

She grinned, as if somehow the sight of me in my darkest hour was actually quite amusing, then waited while I pulled myself together.

她咧嘴一笑，好像在我最黑暗的时刻看到我真的很有趣， 然后等着我振作起来。

For two days I struggled with my dread; but on the third evening I pulled myself together and decided to go back the next morning.

整整两天，我都在与恐惧作斗争；但在第三天晚上，我振作起来，决定第二天早上回去。

In the bustle of departure, I had no time for thinking, but once on board the boat, secure from Poirot's observation (he, as usual, was " practising the method most excellent of Laverguier" ) I pulled myself together, and attacked the facts dispassionately.

在匆匆忙忙的启程中， 我没有时间思考， 但一上船，就避免了波洛的观察（他像往常一样， “正在练习拉弗吉耶最出色的方法” ），我振作起来， 对事实进行了攻击冷静地。