The side of the town on which Crampton lay was especially a thoroughfare for the factory people.

克兰普顿所在的城镇一侧尤其是工厂工人的通道。

Over and over, year after year, Crampton measured to the tiniest degree - to eight decimal places the whorls and arcs and gentle curves of numberless Partula, compiling the results into fastidiously detailed tables.

年复一年，克兰普顿把数不清的柄眼蜗牛的螺层、弧度以及和缓的弯曲度一遍又一遍地测量到最精细的程度——到小数点后面8位，把结果编成了许多详详细细的表。

Mr. Thornton left the house without coming into the dining-room again. He was rather late, and walked rapidly out to Crampton. He was anxious not to slight his new friend by any disrespectful unpunctuality.

桑顿先生没有再进餐厅就离开了房子。他来晚了，很快就走到克兰普顿。他急切地不想以任何无礼的不守时行为来蔑视他的新朋友。

It was about two miles from their house in Crampton Crescent to Marlborough Street. It was too hot to walk very quickly. An August sun beat straight down into the street at three o'clock in the afternoon.

从他们在 Crampton Crescent 的房子到 Marlborough Street 大约有两英里。走得太快太热了。下午三点，八月的阳光直射街道。

Mr. Bell was some time up-stairs. Mr. Thornton began to think it long, for he was full of business, and had hardly been able to spare the time for running up to Crampton, and enquiring how Miss Hale was.

贝尔先生在楼上待了一会儿。桑顿先生开始考虑很久，因为他忙于公事，几乎抽不出时间跑到克兰普顿，询问黑尔小姐的情况。