It was the sheerest coincidence that we met .

我们的相遇是纯粹的巧合。

The old woman reached into a sewing bag which lizette had not seen before , and pulled out a scarf and a soft wide-brimmed hat , both woven of the sheerest white flax-thread , even finer then the stuff that was flowing from her wheel and down the mountain .

老妇人从一个莉莎特从没见过的针线包里拿出一条围巾和一个软和的宽边帽，都是用最纯粹的白色亚麻线织的，比那些从她的纺轮里出来又跑到山下去的还要好。

Perhaps key among them is privacy : hundreds of computers in every room , all capable of sensing people near them and linked by high-speed networks , have the potential to make totalitarianism up to now seem like sheerest anarchy .

也许这些的关键在于隐私：每个房间有数百台电脑，每台都能够感觉到附近的人类并且它们通过高速网络连接起来，到目前为止，这可能造成极权主义者的极端无政府状态。