He would lie on the bed of one of the sedan-chair carriers, watching, in the light of an opium lamp, a lean porter smoking his opium pipe, listening to him tell his favourite stories.

• 他常常躺在马房里轿夫的床上，在烟灯旁边，看那个瘦弱的老轿夫一面抽大烟一面叙述青年时代的故事；