I have a very distinct memory of coming home, sitting on the mattress on the floor of my tiny apartment, and staring hopelessly at the forlorn little collection of books on my window sill.

我清楚的记得，我回到家坐在我小小公寓的地毯上，无望的凝视着我窗边那一小堆书籍。

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He saw also what had made the crash: a costly porcelain vase which had been standing on the window-sill lay on -the floor broken into about thirty pieces.

他也弄明白了是什么弄出啪啦声来的：原来放在窗台上的一个珍贵瓷瓶，在地板上碎成了三十片光景。

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