I slipped unobtrusively into the middle of the distressing tumult,saddened to think that all this was taking place next to the very room where the unfortunate creature whose furniture was being sold up to pay her debts,had breathed her last.

• 我默默地混进了这堆纷乱的人群。我在想，这情景发生在这个可怜的女人咽气的卧室近旁，为的是拍卖她的家具来偿付她生前的债务，想到这里，心中不免感到无限惆怅。