He must have been a mado of high rank, because he paraded in a mat of banana leaves that had ragged edges and was accented with bright colors.

他好像是一个高级的“马多”，因为他披着一条香蕉树叶编的围巾，中边上织成花样，并且染了很鲜明的颜色。

Instead of being the warm center of the world the middle-west now seemed like the ragged edge of the universe — so I decided to go east and learn the bond business.

中西部不再是世界温暖的中心，而倒像是宇宙的荒凉的边缘——于是我决定到东部去学债券生意。

Six days of sordid and plodding fact life at home on the ragged edge of Lakeside and straitened means, the seventh in Fairlyand--such had been their program and their habit.

六天肮脏而单调乏味的实际生活在湖滨破烂边缘和拮据的家中，第七天在 Fairlyand——这就是他们的计划和习惯。