My mind had nothing in it but hot vapour, and vapour-filled bubbles frothed and eddied round a vortex of lazy fancy, aimless and unmeaning.

• 我没有把它们放在心上，但是热蒸汽以及充满气泡的蒸汽在懒惰的幻想的漩涡周围发着泡和打着旋，毫无目的，也没意义。