He leant his forehead on his hand, and people, looking in through the open door, — for this scene is supposed to take place on a summer's evening — But how dull this is, this historical fiction!

他把前额倚在自己的手上，于是人们站在敞开的大门外面向里张望——我们假设这个景象发生在夏天的傍晚——可是，所有这一切历史的虚构是多么沉闷啊！