At seven o'clock, the four members ascended to the clubroom, tied their badges round their heads, and took their seats with great solemnity.

七点钟，四位成员登上俱乐部活动室，把白布条系在头上，极为郑重其事。

In the drawing-room and clubroom and ballroom, where people of leisure and education come together, where comedy is bred and shades of character revealed, he is awkward and ill at ease.

在客厅、俱乐部和舞厅里，那些有闲暇和有教养聚集在一起，在那里滋生喜剧，在那里显露出性格，他感到尴尬和局促不安。

There were the business-like, with their little bags; there were the drifters rattling sticks upon area railings;there were affable characters to whom the streets serve for clubroom, hailing men in carts and giving information without being asked for it.

有一些公务员， 带着他们小包；有流浪者在区域栏杆上发出嘎嘎声； 有和蔼可亲物， 街道为俱乐部提供服务，招呼手推车里， 并在没有被要求情况下提供信息。