The British East India Company established its first trading station in India in 1612, and it expanded rapidly.

英国东印度公司于1612年在印度建立了第一个贸易站， 并迅速扩张。

There were dark forebodings and discouragement among the village folk; money was scarcer, wages were reduced, things were very quiet at the trading station at Storborg.

村民中有不祥的预感和沮丧。 钱少了，工资少了，斯托堡的交易站也很平静。

And they come down these porter paths, they go to these trading stations, they get on steam ships.And that becomes the actual spark for this epidemic.

他们走下这些搬运工的小路，他们去了这些贸易站，他们登上了蒸汽船。这成为了这场流行病的真正导火索。

Eight farms there are now and all are busy; but at the trading station, at Storborg, there are no cattle, and no green lands, only a garden.

现在有八个农场， 都很忙； 但是在 Storborg 的贸易站， 没有牛，也没有绿地， 只有一个花园。

Eleseus goes on and on. The two in the cart ahead pass by Storborg. Eleseus goes a long way round, and he too passes by; what was he to do there, at home, at his trading station and store?

Eleseus 继续说下去。前面那辆手推车里的两人从斯托堡身边经过。 Eleseus绕了很远的路，他也经过了；他在那儿，在家里，在他的交易站和商店里做什么？