She placed a chair for him near a window, and poised herself gracefully upon the edge of one of those Jekyll-and-Hyde pieces of furniture that are masked and mysteriously hooded, unguessable bulks by day and inquisitorial racks of torture by night.
她在靠近窗户的地方为他放了一把椅子，然后优雅地坐在一件杰基尔与海德式家具的边缘， 这些家具戴着面具， 神秘地罩着兜帽，白天是不可猜测的大块， 晚上是审问式的酷刑架。