The little front window was strewn with a disarray of old-fashioned things: bracelets and lockets worn in days before the Civil War,gold rings and silver boxes,images of jade and ivory,porcelain figurines.

• 店子的小橱窗里杂乱无章地摆满了各种古玩：内战前人们戴的手镯、挂在项链上的小盒、金戒指、银盒子、玉石和象牙制品、小瓷像等。