And it was waterproof, flexible and durable: which made it far superior to earlier “floorcloths” which were basically just thickly painted pieces of fabric.

而且它防水、柔韧、耐用：这使它远远优于早期的“地布”，后者基本上只是涂了厚厚的布块。

This avenging phantom was ordered to be on duty at eight on Tuesday morning in the hall, (it was two feet square, as charged for floorcloth, ) and Herbert suggested certain things for breakfast that he thought Joe would like.

这个报复幽灵奉命于星期二早上八点在大厅值班（这是两平方英尺，按地板布收费），赫伯特建议早餐吃一些他认为乔会喜欢的东西。