In the faint light of the attic, an old man, tall and stooped, bent his great frame and made his way to a stack of boxes that sat near one of the little half-windows.

在阁楼昏暗的灯光下，一位又高又弓着背的老人，佝偻着他的大骨架，走向那放在小小的半截窗户旁的一摞盒子。

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In the utter silence of the attic, the words of a guileless six-year-old worked their magic and carried the old man back to a time almost totally forgotten.

在这安静的顶楼上，那个六岁小男孩稚嫩的声音对老人施了神奇的魔力，带着老人重温他曾遗忘的过去。

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Despite his outward glamour, this famous young man was, at 25, living in the attic of his mother's London boarding house in Ebury Street and having his first nervous breakdown.

ECONOMIST: Travelling through life first class