A few weeks later, upon receipt of a pressing invitation from Collins who had returned to Le Havre, Fillmore and I boarded the train one morning, prepared to spend the weekend with him.

• 几星期后我收到已回到勒阿弗尔的柯林斯写来的言辞恳切的邀请信，于是一天早上我同菲尔莫上了火车，打算同柯林斯共度周末，这是到巴黎后第一次离开它。