I'd...I'd visualise what he must have been like in the past when he was sitting in his consulting room listening to his patients.

我......我会想象他过去坐在诊疗室里听病人讲述病情的样子。

The smell of melted butter penetrated through the walls when he saw patients, just as in the kitchen one could hear the people coughing in the consulting room and recounting their histories.

看病的时候，闻得到隔壁熬黄油的香味；人在厨房里，同样听得见病人在诊室咳嗽，或者是讲病历的声音。