The doorway to peace and quiet, for Nick Bright at least, leads straight to his mother in law. She lives on the ground floor, while he lives upstairs with his wife and their two daughters.

至少对尼克·布莱特来说，通往和平与宁静的大门直接通向他的岳母。岳母住在一楼，而他和妻子以及两个女儿住在楼上。

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A: Oh, how nice.They're bright rooms and the house is very quiet.

太好了。房间很明亮，房子也很安静。

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Oh, how nice! There are bright rooms and the house is very quiet.

噢，太好了！它有明亮的房间，而且房子非常宁静。

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Or maybe it's just quiet, as opposed to bright and busy.

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Directly below Fanny and Constance lived somebody who took flash photographs from his or her balcony, the bright quiet blast of light below them every now and then like a spill of phosphorescence, fairy dust, at their feet.

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