There were opium dens where one could buy oblivion, dens of horror where the memory of old sins could be destroyed by the madness of sins that were new.

• 人可以在鸦片烟窟里出钱买到遗忘，能在藏垢纳污之所，以疯狂地犯新罪行的办法来磨灭对旧罪行的回忆。