But the currency kept sinking, till nobody would take it as a gift;and there was old Peter Goldthwaite, like Peter the second, with thousands in his strong box and hardly a coat to his back.

• 房架已被大大削弱，内部支撑也被拆除，若是一阵大风更猛烈地袭来，脆弱的墙壁和所有尖屋顶不一下子垮在主人脑瓜上，就堪称奇迹了。