英美人天天都在说的4000句:Take French Leave 不辞而别,擅自缺席

Sm：My dear Senator, it may be customary out on the prairie to take French leave of people and not show up for five hours.
Sa：Oh, I'm very sorry about that, Miss Saunders.
You,you are Miss Saunders, aren't you?
Mo：Yeah. You cut your way through that forest.
Sm：I'm awfully sorry.
I, I've never been called absent-minded before but...
but there it was, all of a sudden.
It was staring at me through the station doors.
The dome! The Capitol dome!