To this Observatory, then: a stern room, with a deadly statistical clock in it, which measured every second with a beat like a rap upon a coffin-lid; Louisa repaired on the appointed morning.

到这个天文台，然后：一个船尾的房间，里面有一个致命的统计时钟，它以每秒一秒的节拍来计算，就像敲棺材盖一样；路易莎在指定的早晨修好了。