Brackenbury began to wonder if this were indeed a gambling hell: it had so much the air of a private inquisition.

布拉肯伯里开始怀疑这是否真的是一个赌博地狱：它有太多私人审问的气氛。

Well of course in all those shipping-ports there are low quarters where the sea-faring people congregate; and after some time I got taken on as servant in one of the gambling hells there.

当然，在所有这些航运港口中，都有航海人员聚集的低矮区域；一段时间后，我被聘为那里的一个赌博地狱中的仆人。