Then he betook himself to his seat, rested his elbows on his desk and his jaws in his hands, and stared at the wall with the stony stare of suffering that has reached the limit and can no further go.

• 之后，他走到位子上坐下来，两手托腮放在桌子上，一副痛苦的样子，目不转睛地盯着墙直发愣。