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This was literally true. The last part of it we ourselves were seeing while he spoke,
這倒是真的。在他說話時我們親眼看到這幢房子最后一部分落成了，
and a friend at our elbow had seen the Wagon Creek crisis.
我們眼皮底下的一位朋友曾見過車馬溪危機。
"Waiting for that round table for you," said the landlord;
“你們在那張圓桌就餐，”店主說道；
"I'll bring the chairs out here's fast's they quit 'em. That's the only way to get the table."
“他們一吃完就給你們添椅子。這是占座的唯一方法。”
So, watching his chances, as fast as a seat was vacated,
于是，我們注意看他的話是否靈驗，座位一空出來，
he sprang into the room, seized the chair and brought it out to us;
他就連忙跑進里面，搬出幾張椅子給我們用；
and we sat there in our "reserved seats," biding the time when there should be room enough vacant at the table for us to take our places.
我們坐在“預留的座位”上，打賭是否有足夠的空桌能容下我們。
What an indescribable scene it was! The strange-looking wall of propped doors which we had seen,
這一場景簡直難以形容！我們見到的那面用門支撐的樣子怪怪的墻是臨時搭起來的，
was the impromptu wall separating the bedrooms from the dining-room.
臥室和起居室之間用墻來分隔。
Bedrooms? Yes, five of them; that is, five bedsteads in a row,
臥室？不錯，有五間臥室。一排有五個床架，
with just space enough between them to hang up a sheet,
這樣就有足夠的空間來掛簾子，
and with just room enough between them and the propped doors
正好有足夠的房間來放這些床，
for a moderate-sized person to stand upright if he faced either the doors or the bed.
支撐起來的門可以容中等身材的人站直，盡管他要么面向門，要么沖著床。
Chairs? Oh, no! What do you want of a chair in a bedroom which has a bed in it?
椅子？啊，沒地方放了，你還希望放了床的臥室里放把椅子？
Washstands? One tin basin out in the unfinished room. Towels? Uncertain.
洗臉架？在未完工的房間里有一個鐵盆。手巾？不好說有沒有。
