旅馆的老板娘走进来。

The landlady of the hotel entered.

他们俩在那里闹腾，老板娘差点休克。

They were there Naoteng, she almost shock.

他颤斗着的双手，再次依从着老板娘的吩咐。

Again with trembling hands he did as he was told.

在电话里，绣球花旅馆的老板娘约瑟芬娜是个很好讲话的人。

Josephina, the proprietress of Hydrangea House, had been easy to talk with on the phone.

许多年前，一个记者去几家饭店进行暗访，其中一家（联合广场咖啡馆）靠给老板娘好处费来获得评分表。

Years ago, a journalist went undercover at several restaurants—one of them mine (Union Square Cafe)—with the aim of bribing the maître d’s to score a table.