Here and there a lopsided monster stands in the window blinking like an owl. There is the shrill squawk of children with pale faces and bony limbs, rickety little urchins marked with the forceps.

到处都有一个歪七扭八的怪物站在窗子上，像猫头鹰一样挤眼睛，脸色苍白、骨瘦如柴的孩子们发出刺耳的尖叫声，患佝偻病的小顽童头上往往有医生用钳子夹过的印痕。