Slowly, the hotel keeper's wife took the gold cross from her neck and put it into my hand.

旅馆老板娘慢慢地从脖子上取下金十字架， 放到我手里。

Van Buren had a poor education as a boy. He went to school only for a few years. His father was a farmer and hotel keeper at a little town in New York state.

范布伦小时候并未接受过良好的教育，他只上过几年学。父亲是纽约州一个小镇的农民和旅馆老板。