The whole thickness of a house and a multitude of uninhabited rooms separated this den from the boulevard, and the only window that existed opened on waste lands enclosed with walls and palisades.

• 整所房子的进深和许多间没人住的空屋子把这兽穴从大路隔离开来，它唯一的窗户又正对着一片被围在砖墙和木栅栏里的大荒地。