So, making a perfectly arbitrary choice of a dozen volumes or so, I sent my slips of paper to lie in the wire tray, and waited in my stall, among the other seekers for the essential oil of truth.

因此，我从十几本书中随意选择，将我的纸条放在金属丝托盘上， 然后在我的摊位里等着其他寻求真理精油的人。