里士满北街是条死胡同,很寂静,只有基督教兄弟学校的男生们放学的时候除外。一幢无人居住的两层楼房矗立在街道封死的那头,避开邻近的房子,独占一方。街上的其他房子意识到各自房中人们的体面生活,便彼此凝视着,个个是一副冷静沉着的棕色面孔。 Richmond North Street is a dead end, very quiet, except when boys in Christian brotherhood are out of school. An uninhabited two-storey building stands at the very end of the street, avoiding the neighboring houses and leaving one side alone. As other houses on the street, aware of the decent life of their own home, gazed at each other, each with a calm, brown face.