In a few minutes, he had won the good-will of the portress, with whom he chatted for an hour on the most varied topics.

几分钟后，他就赢得了门房的好感， 和她聊了一个小时， 话题五花八门。

The portress tells my mother everything: my sister Silvia heard him screaming from the terrace one day, when his father had sent him headlong down stairs, because he had asked for a few soldi to buy a grammar.

门房时常将他们家的事情告诉给我母亲听。雪尔维姊姊有一天听得泼来可西哭。据说他向他父亲要买文法书的钱，父亲把他从楼梯上踢了下来。