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.

从上述果园的南侧延伸出一条长长的道路，在高大的老梨树的阴影下格格不入，尽头是国会大厦或粪便市场的高塔。

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——包括两次被哈佛大学开除、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。