Hale sat with his feet up on the stove, his back propped against a battered desk strewn with papers: the place, like the man, was warm, genial and untidy.

黑尔坐着，双脚放在炉子上，背靠在一张破旧的桌子上，桌子上散落着文件：这个地方和那个人一样，温暖、和蔼、凌乱。