I had a long talk with Zillah about six weeks ago, a little before you came, one day when we foregathered on the moor; and this is what she told me.

大约六星期以前，就在你来之前不久，我曾和齐拉长谈，那天我们在旷野上遇见了；以下就是她告诉我的。

He was constantly joking with his customers and visitors, and in the evening he was accustomed to foregather with a group of well-chosen spirits who had been long famous in Philadelphia as the " all-night poker players" .

他经常和他的顾客和来访者开玩笑，晚上他习惯于与一群在费城久负盛名的“通宵扑克玩家”的精挑细选的烈酒聚会。