In other words, is there some benefit to this lachrymose behavior?

换句话说，这种流行为有什益处呢？

Too plangent. No, make it less lachrymose, but keep the trite death speech.

太悲哀。不行，不要写得这，但老掉牙的寻死觅活要继续。

Over the waffles next morning, Pittypat was lachrymose, Melanie was silent and Scarlett defiant.

次日早晨吃鸡蛋饼时，皮蒂帕特姑妈在伤心，媚兰一声不响，思嘉则是一副倔强不屈的神态。

I suppose Catherine fulfilled her project, for the next sentence took up another subject: she waxed lachrymose.

我猜想凯瑟琳她的计划，因为下一句说的是另一件事，她伤心起来。

But I would not be lachrymose: I dashed off the salt drops, and busied myself with preparing breakfast.

但我不会流：我把盐滴洒掉， 然后忙着准备早餐。

The best fun was with Madame Joubert: Miss Wilson was a poor sickly thing, lachrymose and low-spirited, not worth the trouble of vanquishing, in short; and Mrs. Grey was coarse and insensible; no blow took effect on her.

最好的乐趣是和儒伯特夫人在一起：威尔逊小姐是个可怜的病娇，爱流，情绪低，简而言之，不值得费心去打败她；格雷太太粗鲁无知。没有打击对她起作用。