A letter may be compressed into a thin spiral roll, not differing much in shape or bulk from a large knitting-needle, and in this from it might be inserted into the rung of a chair, for example.

• 一封信可以缩成一个小纸卷，同一根粗的织绒线针的形状大小差不多，可以把这样的信塞到，譬如说，椅子的横档里。