Well, Doc Stair hadn't been here more than a week when he came in one day to get shaved and I recognized who he was, as he had been pointed out to me, so I told him about my old lady.

嗯，斯泰尔医生到这儿还不到一星期，有一天来刮脸，我认出是他，别人给我指点过他，我就跟他说起我婆娘的事。

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On the stair leading up into the disinfectant-smelling twilight of a rooming house, she saw an old man huddled, shaking with grief she couldn't hear.

登上梯子，在一间散发着,消毒水气味的昏暗公寓里，她看到了一个老人缩成一团，以一种他无法感受的哀伤颤抖着。

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