My aunt, impressed by my plan, gave up to me her Gothic library, filled with classics in black cloth and daguerrotypes of faded celebrities; and I sat down at my desk to make myself a place among their number.

姨妈对我的计划印象深刻，把她的哥特式图书馆让给了我，里面装满了黑布的经典作品和褪色名人的银版照片。然后我坐在我的办公桌前，让自己在他们中间占有一席之地。