But there was a branch house at the west end, and no pettiness or dinginess to give suggestions of shame.
但是在西头有一个分院,没有小气或肮脏的暗示可耻。
漫长的告别(上)
I opened the windows wide to let out the smell of dust and dinginess that collected in the night and hung in the still air, in the corners of the room, in the slats of the venetian blinds.