The rain trickles down through the house, and everything wooden swells and shrinks, and the nails in everything wooden, the floors and baseboards and window casings, the nails inch out and rust.

雨水渗进房屋，所有木质的家具都胀大或是缩小了。 所有木制品里的钉子，地板，护壁板和窗套里的钉子也全都生锈松脱了。