For a few minutes, despite the press of business, the department exchanged these various speculations.

有几分钟，尽管有业务压力，该部门还是交换了这些不同的猜测。

If the continual fight for money had not abolished all sexual difference, the unceasing press of business which occupied their minds and fatigued their bodies would have sufficed to stifle desire.

如果持续不断的金钱斗争没有消除所有的性别差异，那么占据他们思想和身体的无休止的商业压力就足以扼杀欲望。