I'd been so consumed by office gossip that I hadn't noticed someone had quietly helped themselves to my beautiful, supple brown leather bag - and to my entire working life that was inside it.

我太投入于办公室八卦之中，没发觉有人私自拿走了我那个漂亮柔软的褐色皮包，而那个包里装着我的全部工作生活。