And besides , it did not seem reasonable that he should be right - he who had stood , so short a time before , in that same living room , blushing and awkward , acknowledging his introduction , looking fearfully about him at the bric - a - brac his swinging shoulders threatened to break , asking how long since swinburne died , and boastfully announcing that he had read " excelsior " and the " psalm of life . 而且，要说他对也讲不过去不久以前，就在这起坐间里，他在被人介绍时还脸红，还尴尬，还害怕地望看那些小摆设，生怕他那晃动的肩头会把它们碰下来还在问史文朋已经死了多久还在夸耀地宣称他读过精益求精和生命礼赞。
The rooms were too big for her and had never been completely furnished . the vulgar sumptuosity of gilded consoles and gilded chairs formed a crude contrast therein to the bric - a - brac of a secondhand furniture shop - to mahogany round tables , that is to say , and zinc candelabras , which sought to imitate florentine bronze 这套房子对她来说，显得太大了，里面的家具从来没有配全过，陈设豪华而刺眼，几张金色的蜗形脚桌子和几张椅子与从旧货商那里买来的旧货枣几张独脚桃花心木小圆桌几盏模仿佛罗伦萨青铜制品的锌制菱形大烛台摆在一起，显得很不协调。
