Lying now on the bare wood, now in open boxes, and now protruding from overflowing drawers was a quantity of silk handkerchiefs of every hue.

时而躺在光秃秃的木头上， 时而在敞开的箱子里， 时而从塞得满满的抽屉里伸出一大堆各种颜色的丝质手帕。