Five bed-rooms opened out of this low-ceilinged, close-smelling corridor: the numbers of these rooms were indicated by squat black figures painted upon the upper panels of the doors.

• 五个房间的房门面向着这顶篷低垂、气味难闻的走廊，房间的号码用扁而阔的黑字印在房门嵌板上方。