She was not elegantly dressed, but a noble–looking woman, and the girls thought the gray cloak and unfashionable bonnet covered the most splendid mother in the world.
Several evenings later, she came up to me at a party, pressing for an introduction to a very impressive man; they'd been exchanging glances all evening.
The reason that you are not ranked among the most important feudal lords of the Zhou confederacy is simply because you have not yet displayed your magnanimity and military might.