Occasionally Tabitha invited girlfriends to the apartment and they took over the kitchen or the television room, a gaggle of noisy voices, gossiping, giggling, a ring of blond heads that fell silent if Agnes happened to walk past.

塔比莎偶尔会邀请女朋友到公寓， 她们会接管厨房或电视室， 嘈杂的声音、八卦、咯咯的笑声、一圈金发的脑袋，如果艾格尼丝碰巧经过， 它们就会安静下来。

Debris flew as the living-room fireplace and its chimney collapsed. With two walls in their bedroom sanctuary beginning to disintegrate, John ordered, " Into the television room! " This was the room farthest from the direction of the storm.

客厅的壁炉和烟囱坍塌时，掷来片片残骸。他们栖身的那间卧室里有两面墙壁即将崩塌时，约翰立即命令道：“进电视室去！”这是离风头最远的一个房间。