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辽宁大学博士研究生教材 辽宁大学公共基础学院 Chapter III At The Tailors 在裁缝店 by J. B. Priestley Priestley, born in 1894, went to London in 1922 where he soon made a reputation as an essayist and critic. He also wrote novels and plays. At The Tailors 1. Between the chaos 乱杂扰攘 of Regent Street and the opulent bustle 喧嚣繁忙 of New Bond Street is a little region that is curiously hushed 出奇地宁静 . It is made up of short streets that pretend to run parallel 平行排列 to one another, but actually go off at all angles 四通八达 . At a first glance these streets appear to be filled with the offices of very old firms of family solicitors 家庭律师事务所 . At The Tailors Many of their windows have severe wire screens 严实的铁丝护栏 . The establishments there have a certain air of dignified secrecy（建筑物带有几分高贵的神秘感）, not unlike（与…别无二致） that of servants of the old school, those impassive butlers 冷冰冰的男管家的神情 who appeared to know nothing, but really knew everything. There is little evidence that anything is being sold in this part of the world. At The Tailors The electric-light bills must be very modest indeed, for there are no flashing signs to assault the eye 夺目 , no gaudily dressed windows to tempt the feet to loiter 没有布置得花枝招展的橱窗引人驻足 . Whatever the season, no sales are held there. You are not invited to stop a moment longer than you may wish to do. At The Tailors Now and then you catch sight of a roll of cloth, a pair of riding breeches, or, perhaps, a sober 素淡的 little drawing of a gentleman in evening clothes, and as you pass you can hear these things whispering “If you are a gentleman and wish to wear the clothes that a gentleman should wear, kindly make an appointment here and we will see what we can do for you 我们将为您服务 .” At The Tailors Money, of course, is not mentioned, this being impossible in all such gentlemanly transactions 绅士般的交易中是不可能提到钱的 . For this is the region, Savile Row, Conduit Street, Maddox Street, and the rest, of the tailors or—rather—the tailors 可以说是最优秀的