If you flatter your mother a bit she might invite us all to dinner.
你如果多奉承你母亲几句话,说不定她会把我们全部请去吃饭。
Gossiping and lying go together.
流言常和谎话并行。
Then, her composure regained, she was ready to set off with the porter's assistance to search for nay intruders who might still be lurking in her flat.