What inconvenienced him most was the stuffy , dense , overheated air of the place with its strong , haunting smell , a smell peculiar to this part of a theater , and , as such , compact of the reek of gas , of the glue used in the manufacture of the scenery , of dirty dark nooks and corners and of questionably clean chorus girls 这空气既混浊又闷热，里面还掺杂着一股浓烈的气味。这是后台传出来的气味，有煤气的气味，有布景上的胶水的气味，有阴暗角落里的脏味，还有女群众演员的不干净的内衣的气味。
Under the stairs in a sort of deep cupboard she kept a little bar , whither the supers were wont to descend for drinks between the acts , and seeing that just at that moment there were five or six tall lubbers there who , still dressed as boule noire masqueraders , were dying of thirst and in a great hurry , she lost her head a bit 但是，布太太不能马上为她效劳，因为她在楼梯口，安放了一长溜柜子，开了一个小酒吧，幕间休息时，那些群众演员都来这儿喝酒。这时就有五六个大汉，还穿着“黑球咖啡馆”化装舞会里穿的服装，他们渴得要命，在那里匆匆忙忙喝酒，布太太忙得晕头转向。
Where customers never seemed to enter . then there were two or three upholsterers , deep in dust , and a smoky , sleepy reading room and library , the shaded lamps in which cast a green and slumberous light all the evening through . there was never anyone in this corner save well - dressed , patient gentlemen , who prowled about the wreckage peculiar to a stage door , where drunken sceneshifters and ragged chorus girls congregate 这里是游艺剧院的走廊和圣马克走廊的交汇处，光线暗淡，店铺里黑洞洞的，有一家无顾客光顾的鞋店，几家家具上积满灰尘的家具店，还有一间烟雾腾腾的令人昏昏欲睡的阅览室，晚上，罩在灯罩里的灯发出绿色的光亮那里是演员醉酒的置景工人和衣衫褴褛的群众演员的进口处，只有衣著整耐心十足的先生们在那里游荡。
