短篇小说 | The Canvasser's Tale

2024年2月9日

Poor, sad-eyed stranger! There was that about his humble mien, his tired look, his decayed-gentility clothes, that almost reached the mustard, seed of charity that still remained, remote and lonely, in the empty vastness of my heart, notwithstanding I observed a portfolio under his arm, and said to myself, Behold, Providence hath delivered his servant into the hands of another canvasser.

小词详解 | scrutiny

小词详解 | scrutiny

2024年2月9日

他那站不住脚的观点经不起认真推敲。
His feeble argument doesn't really stand up to scrutiny.

短篇小说 | The Californian's Tale

2024年2月8日

Thirty-five years ago I was out prospecting on the Stanislaus, tramping all day long with pick and pan and horn, and washing a hatful of dirt here and there, always expecting to make a rich strike, and never doing it.