There I stayed for some time at a private hotel in the Strand, leading a comfortless, meaningless existence, and spending such money as I had, considerably more freely than I ought.

• 在那个我曾经住过的沙滩边的私人宾馆里，我过着不舒适也没有意义的生活。我花光了所有的钱，这种生活比我本应过的生活要更加自由。