In her hand she holds the distaff and grasps the spindle with her fingers.

她手拿捻线竿，手把纺线车。

" Hands never idle--distaff flying, " Dick said lightly.

“手从不——手杖在飞， ” 迪克轻声说。

Another story says that he came to hold the distaff, and at last wore the Nessus shirt.

一个故事说， 他来拿线杆， 最后穿上 Nessus 。

Meek, mouse-colored donkeys, laden with panniers of freshly cut grass passed by, with a pretty girl in a capaline sitting between the green piles, or an old woman spinning with a distaff as she went.

温顺的、鼠色的驴子，驮一筐刚割下来的草从身边经过，一个穿长袍的漂亮女孩坐在绿色的草堆之间，或者一个老妇人边走边拿一根线杖纺线。