Rolliver's inn, the single alehouse at this end of the long and broken village, could only boast of an off-license; licence, as nobody could legally drink on the premises, the amount of overt accommodation for consumers was strictly limited to a little board about six inches wide and two yards long, fixed to the garden palings by pieces of wire, so as to form a ledge. On this board thirsty strangers deposited their cups as they stood in the road and drank, and threw the dregs on the dusty ground to the pattern of Polynesia, and wished they could have a restful seat inside.
在疏落狭长的村子的这一头只有一家酒店，名叫罗利弗酒店，但它只有准许外卖酒类的执照；因此，不能够允许人在酒店里喝酒，而可以公开招待顾客前来喝酒的地方，则被严格限制在一小块大约六英寸宽两码长的木板那儿，木板被铁丝固定在花园的栅栏上，因此也就算是喝酒的台面。从路边走过的好酒的行人把酒杯放在木板上，就站在路上喝酒，喝完了就把酒杯内的沉渣倒在满是尘土的地上，堆成玻利尼西亚群岛的图样，心里头却希望能在酒店里面有一个舒适的座位。

Thus the strangers. But there were also local customers who felt the same wish; and where there's a will there's a way.
既然过路的客人有这样的愿望，因此本地的顾客也就有相同的愿望；于是有志者事竟成。

In a large bedroom upstairs, the window of which was thickly curtained with a great woollen shawl lately discarded by the landlady Mrs Rolliver, were gathered on this evening nearly a dozen persons, all seeking beatitude; all old inhabitants of the nearer end of Marlott, and frequenters of this retreat. Not only did the distance to The Pure Drop, the fully-licensed tavern at the further part of the dispersed village, render its accommodation practically unavailable for dwellers at this end; but the far more serious question, the quality of the liquor, confirmed the prevalent opinion that it was better to drink with Rolliver in a corner of the housetop than with the other landlord in a wide house.
在楼上有一间大卧室，卧室的窗户被罗利弗太太最近淘汰的一条大羊毛披肩遮得严严实实，室内差不多有十来个人聚集在一起，他们都是来这儿喝酒寻乐的；他们都是靠近马洛特村这一头的老住户，也是罗利弗酒店的常客。在这个住户稀落的村子的更远一些的地方，纯酒酒店是一家有全副执照的酒店，但是距离太远，村子这一头的住户实际上不去那家酒店喝酒；而且还有一个更为严重的问题，就是酒的品质的好坏决定了大多数人的倾向，就是大家宁肯挤在罗利弗酒店楼顶的角落里喝酒，也不到纯酒酒店老板的宽敞的屋子里去。

A gaunt four-post bedstead which stood in the room afforded sitting-space for several persons gathered round three of its sides; a couple more men had elevated themselves on a chest of drawers; another rested on the oak-carved 'cwoffer'; two on the washstand; another on the stool; and thus all were, somehow, seated at their ease. The stage of mental comfort to which they had arrived at his hour was one wherein their souls expanded beyond their skins, and spread their personalities warmly through the room. In this process the chamber and its furniture grew more and more dignified and luxurious; the shawl hanging at the window took upon itself the richness of tapestry; the brass handles of the chest of drawers were as golden knockers; and the carved bed-posts seemed to have some kinship with the magnificent pillars of Solomon's temple.
卧室里摆放着一张四柱床，床柱又细又长，这张床的三面给好几个聚集在那儿的人当了座位；还有两个人高踞在五十橱上；另一个坐在雕花橡木小柜上；还有两个坐在盥洗架上，一个坐在小凳上；那儿所有的人，就都这样给自己找到了舒服的座位。在这个时候，他们达到了心灵欢快的阶段，灵魂超脱了躯壳，热情洋溢，全屋子一片火热。在喝酒的过程中，房间和房间里的家具变得越来越富丽堂皇；窗户上悬挂的披肩添上了织花帷幔的华贵；五斗橱上的铜把手就像是黄金做成的门环；四柱床的雕花床柱，同所罗门庙宇的宏伟廊柱也有了几分相似。