The moment his eye fell on this scene of activity, he remembered that the house was mortgaged and that if he could not pay back the loan in time his creditors would foreclose, and then there would be all the bustle and commotion of moving out.

• 吴荪甫一眼瞥见，忽然又想到房子已经抵出，如果到期不能清偿押款，那就免不了要乱哄哄地迁让。