The Europeans

A narrow grave-yard in the heart of a bustling, indifferent city, seen from the windows of a gloomy-looking inn, is at no time an object of enlivening suggestion;

从一家阴沉的旅馆窗户看到的位于繁忙而冷漠城市中心的狭窄墓地，绝不会让人感到振奋。

This fact was keenly felt on a certain 12th of May, upwards of thirty years since, by a lady who stood looking out of one of the windows of the best hotel in the ancient city of Boston.

三十年前的五月十二日，一位女士站在波士顿这座古老城市的最好的旅馆之一的窗户前，深切地感受到了这个事实。