He welcomed wet days because on them he could stay at home without pangs of conscience and spend the afternoon with white of egg and a glue-pot, patching up the Russia leather of some battered quarto.

他欢迎下雨的日子，因为在雨天他可以待在家里而不必担心良心的问题，用蛋清和胶水罐度过一个下午，修补一些破旧的四开本的俄罗斯皮革。

After taking off his gloves, he rubbed his hands hard enough to take off their skin as well, if his epidermis had not been tanned and cured like Russia leather, —saving, of course, the perfume of larch-trees and incense.

脱下手套后，他用力搓了搓手，连手上的皮也脱了，如果他的表皮没有像俄罗斯皮革那样被晒黑和固化的话——当然，留着落叶松树和熏香的香味。