He threw down his paper and stared down absently at the carpet with its modern designs and the parquet floor around it, as he sat there as motionless as a statue.

• 他掷下了报纸，眼睛看着脚下那新式图案的地毯，以及地毯旁边露出来的纹木细工镶嵌的地板，像一尊石像似的不动也不说话。