From the southern side of the said orchard ran a long road, chequered over with the shadow of tall old pear trees, at the end of which showed the high tower of the Parliament House, or Dung Market.

从上述果园的伸出一条长长的道路，在高的老梨树的阴影下格格不入，尽头是国会厦粪便市场的高塔。

At the age of 32, with a string of disasters behind him—including two expulsions from Harvard, a chequered employment history and, most tragically, the death of a young daughter—he stood on the shore of Lake Michigan contemplating suicide.

32 岁那年， 身后经历了一连串的灾难——包括两次被哈开除、曲折的工作经历，最悲惨的是， 一个年幼的女儿去世了——他站在密歇根湖畔考虑自杀。