She wouldn't think about the Mexican and Negro slums stretched out on the dismal flats south of the old interurban tracks.

她不墨西哥和黑人贫民窟在古老城际轨以南阴暗公寓里延伸开来。

A wedge of sunlight slipped over the edge of the desk and fell noiselessly to the carpet. Traffic lights bong-bonged outside on the boulevard, interurban cars pounded by, a typewriter clacked monotonously in the lawyer's office beyond the party wall.

一楔形阳光从桌边滑过，无声地落在地毯上。外面林荫大上红绿灯砰砰作响，城际车轰轰烈烈地驶过，派对墙外律师办公室里打字机发出单调咔嗒声。