Now and again men came, strangers, who talked excitedly, wheedlingly, and in all kinds of fashions to the man in the red sweater.

不时地有一些人到来，是些陌生人。他们有的和那个穿红毛衣的人讨价还价，有的对他甜言蜜语，总之是五花八门，不能够笼而统之。