And soon, mechanically, dispirited after a dreary day with the prospect of a depressing morrow, I raised to my lips a spoonful of the tea in which I had soaked a morsel of the cake.

• 一种舒坦的快感传遍全身，我感到超尘脱俗，却不知出自何因。我只觉得人生一世，荣辱得失都清淡如水，背时遭劫亦无甚大碍，所谓人生短促，不过是一时幻觉；那情形好比恋爱发生的作用，它以一种可贵的精神充实了我。