After breakfast my hostess informed me that the lady for whose delectation I had been invited to sing was ill in bed, and that I would have to serenade her from her bed-room door.

早饭以后，我的女主人告诉我，她请我来，是为了让我唱那首悼诗给一位老太太听的，现在她卧病在床，因此我得在她的卧室门外对着她歌唱。