Death had purified the air of this glittering den of iniquity,and in any case they could always say,if they needed the excuse,that they had done no more than come to a sale without knowing whose rooms these were.

• 死亡已经净化了这个富丽而淫秽的场所的空气。再说，如果有必要，她们可以推托是为了拍卖才来的，根本不知道这是什么样的人家。