As at meals I sat between E., in tears and full of disasters, and Mme. Bergeret, an old woman, untidy, radoteuse, maniaque, though witty sometimes, and M. away in Paris, the unpleasant, empty, unsatisfying greyness of existence weighed on me.

• 同样地，在吃饭的时候，我坐在E和柏格里特夫人之间。前者满眼泪水，一肚子苦水。后者是一位老女人，她邋遢、喜欢唠叨而且性格怪僻，虽然有时也不乏诙谐。M远在巴黎。我的心被恼人的、烦心的、空虚的灰暗生存状态压得沉甸甸的。