It was, in its way, a very charming room, with its high panelled wainscoting of olive-stained oak, its cream-coloured frieze and ceiling of raised plasterwork, and its brickdust felt carpet strewn with silk, long-fringed Persian rugs.

这是一个非常迷人的房间，高高的橄榄色橡木镶板护墙板，奶油色的楣板和凸起的灰泥天花板，砖灰毡地毯上散落着丝绸长流苏波斯地毯。