The rooms had a colored smell, and they were crowded with cut-out pictures on the walls and the lace table covers and lace pillows on the bed.

房间里有一股彩色的气味， 墙上挂满了剪纸， 床上放着花边桌布和花边枕头。

There could be no fanciness — no gaudy calendars or lace pillows or knickknacks — but everything in the house must be plain and dark and indicative of work and the real true purpose.

不能有花哨的东西——没有华丽的日历、花边枕头或小摆设——但房子里的一切都必须是朴素和黑暗的， 并且表明工作和真正的目的。