The first-class compartment was stifling; the vivid advertising cards of the railroad companies--The Pont du Gard at Arles, the Amphitheatre at Orange, winter sports at Chamonix--were fresher than the long motionless sea outside.

头等舱里闷闷不乐；铁路公司生动的广告牌——阿尔勒的加尔桥、奥兰治的露天剧场、霞慕尼的冬季运动——比外面长长的一动不动的大海还要清新。