In fact, although it was such a small shop it sold nearly everything—except a few things that you want in a hurry—like bootlaces, hair-pins and mutton chops.

事实上，尽管这家店很小，但几乎什么都卖——除了一些你急着要的东西——比如鞋带、发夹和羊排。

What was the truth about these houses, for example, dim and festive now with their red windows in the dusk, but raw and red and squalid, with their sweets and their bootlaces, at nine o'clock in the morning?

例如，这些房子的真实情况是什么， 例如，在黄昏时分，它们的红色窗户昏暗而喜庆， 但在早上九点钟时， 它们的糖果和鞋带是原始的、红色的、肮脏的？