She avoided the high-backed chairs, the empty gun rack, the old sideboard with its protruding claw feet, and she felt herself drawn by instinct to the tiny office at the back of the house where Ellen always sat, keeping her endless accounts.

• 她避开那些高靠背椅，那些空枪和那些带突出爪脚的旧餐具柜，觉得自己是在本能的驱使下向后面那间小小的办事房走去，那是爱伦经常坐着不停地记帐的地方。