The Yellow Wallpaper

It is very seldom that mere ordinary people like John and myself secure ancestral halls for the summer.

像我与约翰这样平凡的人，能在夏天住进祖宅，实在是难得。

John is practical in the extreme. He has no patience with faith, an intense horror of superstition,

约翰极其务实。他毫无耐心去谈信仰，对迷信更是深恶痛绝。