They are the men who are in the lodginghouse sitting rooms during bleak and bitter weather and who swarm about the cheaper shelters which only open at six in a number of the lower East Side streets.

• 他们是在阴冷的天气里蜷缩在寄宿处的起居室里的那种人；他们是蜂拥在一些东区南部街道上更为便宜的可以过夜的地方的那种人，这些地方要到6点钟才开门。