It was very dark inside: I could see nothing except a flaring gas-jet that illuminated a patch of plaster wall, throwing everything else into deeper shadow.

里面很黑，什么也看不见，只有一盏煤气灯照亮了石灰墙上的一片地方，别的全隐没在更黑的阴影中。

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Every day, he wandered through his rooms, calculating how long it would take to patch the fractured plaster, paint the blotched walls, and glaze the windows.

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