A clerk with a wart on his left eyelid nodded and a Mexican bellhop in a frayed uniform coat came forward from behind the dustiest rubber plant in California to take my bags.

一位左眼睑上有疣的店员点点头，一位身穿磨损制服的墨西哥侍者从加州尘土飞扬的橡胶厂后面走上前来拿我的包。